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Tracking the pandemic by numbers
Divorce applications nearly doubled between April and July last year as couples struggled with the first lockdown, according to the Legal Services Board (LSB) COVID-19 research dashboard into the pandemic’s impact on legal services.
10 February 2021
Beyond the looking-glass: discriminating charities Premium Content
R (on the application of Z) v Hackney London Borough Council: Nicholas Dobson navigates the Supreme Court’s path through a hall of mirrors
10 December 2020 / Nicholas Dobson
Eviction protection
Tenants will be protected from eviction until 11 January 2021, at the earliest, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has said
11 November 2020
Positive discrimination upheld in housing case
A housing charity did not breach the Equality Act 2010 by reserving its properties for Orthodox Jewish people, the Supreme Court has held
15 October 2020
Possession matters Premium Content
Nicholas Dobson reports on housing deception & the public sector equality duty
10 September 2020 / Nicholas Dobson
Builders’ ‘duty of care’ needed
Construction companies urged to review processes
06 November 2019
Housing after Grenfell Premium Content
Can positive human rights make buildings safe after Grenfell? By Professor Susan Bright & Dr Douglas Maxwell
03 October 2019 / Susan Bright / Douglas Maxwell
Book review: Statutory Nuisance & Residential Property: Environmental Health Problems In Housing Premium Content
01 August 2019 / Leslie Blake
Calls to repeal pre-Victorian vagrancy laws
A coalition of lawyers, police and homelessness charities has called on the government to scrap the Vagrancy Act 1824, which criminalises rough sleeping and begging.
26 June 2019
Section 21: when ‘or’ actually means ‘and’ Premium Content

Do landlords have to be both registered and licensed when serving a section 21 notice? DJ Hywel James considers the lessons from Evans v Fleri

13 June 2019 / Hywel James
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NLJ this week: Big tech for small firms
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
NLJ this week: SLAPPed shut?
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
NLJ this week: Justice delayed, justice denied
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
NLJ this week: Days numbered for upwards-only rent reviews
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
NLJ this week: The road ahead for employment rights
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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