A market study into personal current accounts has been launched by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) as part of its in-depth study into retail bank pricing announced by the OFT in March 2007.
The presumption in law that cohabiting partners buying property in joint names have equal interests in it unless they declare otherwise can be overcome by evidence that their intentions were different, the House of Lords has ruled.
Fee hikes for settlement applications and required tests for applicants will have a "disproportionate impact" on poor and excluded groups, a campaign group is warning.
The House of Lords was this week pondering whether or not the Human Rights Act 1998 should be applied in the case of an 83-year-old Alzheimer’s patient threatened with eviction from her private care home.
Legislating for Sarah's Law is unnecessary and will not make our children any safer, says Alisdair Gillespie
Is private international law due to meet its Waterloo? asks Richard Frimston
Those brave enough to expose the state's dark underbelly should be celebrated, says Geoffrey Bindman
Chris Jeyes examines the campaign to recover allegedly unfair bank charges
Is the compensation scheme for unlawful imprisonment unjust? Peter Ferguson reports
Debate about the format and selection of our second chamber rages on, says Seamus Burns
Law firm mfg Solicitors announces promotions at Ludlow office
Womble Bond Dickinson appoints partner in Leeds residential team
Brabners adds six to partnership in record year for partner promotions