Lindsay Johnson provides an update on the ongoing saga of public law defences to possession claims
Susan Nash reports on corruption, ethnic insults & surveillance
Michael Zander QC reports on how well the UK responds to human rights’ judgments
Human rights issues have been increasingly creeping into the nooks and crannies of family law over the last decade.
Published 10 years after the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) came into force, Tom Hickman’s recent book is an impressive critique of the complex relationship between public law and the HRA.
Marc Weller reports on the Kosovo question & disputed statehood
A recent study from the Legal Services Research Centre (LSRC) drawing on 831 interviews of people at Leicester, Hull, Gateshead, Derby and Portsmouth community legal advice centres (CLACs) makes for an interesting read
The embarrassing delay in completing the Bloody Sunday Inquiry after 10 years is mitigated by the high quality of the report and the authority of its conclusions
Clue represents a major step towards protecting the vulnerable,say Jamie Burton & Alex Gask
Cambridge looked characteristically beautiful during the Legal Services Research Centre’s 8th annual conference. Given the global nature of the recession, attendance held up pretty well—bolstered by a somewhat disproportionately large delegation from Australian legal centres.
Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner
Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office
Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices
The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC