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How can the government encourage greater public engagement? asks Jonathan Wragg

12 March 2009 / Jonathan Wragg
Legislation round-up Premium Content

Legislation news update

02 March 2009
An impartial review? Premium Content

Jamie Burton outlines the route of appeal for dissatisfied council tenants

27 February 2009 / Jamie Burton
The justice gap Premium Content

The government should act to resolve iniquities at the heart of the inquest system, says Jon Robins

26 February 2009 / Jon Robins
Chapman v Bledwin Ltd [2009] All ER (D) 01 (Feb) Premium Content

Peter Hungerford-Welch, associate dean, The City Law School, City University London. W www.city.ac.uk/law

12 February 2009
Civil way: 6 February 2009 Premium Content

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05 February 2009
Legislation round-up Premium Content

This update is provided by Current Awareness and News

22 January 2009
Law digest: Legal profession Premium Content

D v Harrow Council [2008] EWHC 3048, [2008] All ER (D) 103 (Dec)
 

15 January 2009
Bad behaviour Premium Content

Injunction or ASBO? A council’s dilemma, by Nicholas Dobson

11 December 2008 / Nicholas Dobson
Unheard pleas to the mother country... Premium Content

Geoffrey Bindman recalls the injustice doled out to the victims of colonialism

20 November 2008
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Changing faces
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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
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: Presumption of capacity reaffirmed
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
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
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