All Legal updates articles – Page 29
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FeatureJudicial review of decision on Cage funding
Did the Charity Commission overstep its powers when pressuring two charities to make a funding promise?
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FeatureChanges to the family court
Practical overview of changes in the operation of the family court.
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FeatureCopying regulations quashed
How copyright is affected by format-shifting and storage of files in the cloud.
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FeatureMedia and privacy law
Privacy injunction attempts by the rich and famous – and public perceptions.
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FeatureWills and testamentary capacity
A recent probate dispute offers clarity on how solicitors should comply with the ‘golden rule’.
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FeatureCriminal law changes – part 2
New offences, including those related to improper use of police powers, private sexual photographs and juries.
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FeatureVendetta against local councillors
Blood-feuds are not limited to families in Italy, as some recent judgments illustrate.
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FeaturePII: aggregation of claims
A Commercial Court judgment on an SRA clause relating to liability limits in PII claims could affect solicitors and insurers alike.
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FeatureDid MoD owe marine duty of care?
Diving injuries – duties owed to military personnel outside their ‘employment’
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FeatureRequesting a court revisit its judgment
How can a court exercise its discretion and revisit its judgment in the light of a new point?
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FeatureWhy is Britain closing for business?
Conservative plans to further reduce non-EU migration put party before country.
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FeatureSerious Crime Act provisions
The 2015 act brought into effect a number of provisions on 3 May and 1 June. We look at the changes relating to, among other things, property and child protection.
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FeatureEmployment tribunal fees and EU law
Are employment tribunal fees making it practically impossible or excessively difficult to exercise rights under European Union law?
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FeatureMayoral money for nothing
Liverpool mayor fails to overturn tribunal finding relating to outside employment.
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FeatureLate amendments and scope of judges
A recent Court of Appeal judgment illustrates how the circumstances of the particular case will determine if an adverse costs order is made.
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FeatureCourt bundles – be warned
The run of recent cases on the issue is essential reading for practitioners if they wish to avoid being named and shamed.
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FeatureRepresentation in SFO interviews
Does a person interviewed in a criminal investigation have the right to a solicitor of their choice?
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FeatureCriminal law changes
Amendments to laws on rehabilitation, sexual offences, legal aid, cautions and court procedure.
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FeatureHow unlawful are quashed legal aid regulations?
The High Court quashed 2014 civil legal aid regulations but challenges to them may not be straightforward.