Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7275

The government is consulting on how to implement the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and crack down on aggressive and unfair trading and selling practices

Dunwoody Sports Marketing v Prescott [2007] EWCA Civ 461, [2007] All ER (D) 312 (May)

Anna Caddick considers two recent decisions on the question of substantiality in copyright infringement

Law enforcement agencies are to be given new powers to make it easier to confiscate criminals’ possessions and high value goods used in crime, such as cars and boats, the government has announced

Specialist Bar Associations and employed barristers should be better represented on the Bar Council, a new report concludes.

Charman v Charman [2007] EWCA Civ 503, [2007] All ER (D) 425 (May)

Can local authorities correct misinformation issued by extreme parties during an election? Declan O’Dempsey reports

R (on the application of Jones and others) v Ceredigion County Council [2007] UKHL 24, [2007] All ER (D) 380 (May)

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v William Grant & Sons Distillers Ltd; Small (Inspector of Taxes) v Mars UK Ltd [2007] UKHL 15, [2007] 2 All ER 440

Tom Epps reflects on how new powers in the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act are likely to impact on investigations