Legal updates – Page 24
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FeatureLocalism bill does not rule out bias
Apparent bias remains a serious risk to local government decisions, as some recent judgments show.
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FeatureOpenness threatened by ‘decluttering’
The likely findings of the Commission on Freedom of Information’s report.
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FeatureStatute, sentencing and procedure
The 2015 statutory onslaught on criminal lawyers continued through the summer. What do the changes mean?
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FeatureThresholds for strike-out
The legal principles on striking out a claim on the grounds of the claimant’s alleged abusive or fraudulent conduct.
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FeatureRestraint of trade
Regulators are under pressure to justify restrictions on municipal entrepreneurialism.
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FeatureArresting developments
Buyers discovering information about development after exchanging contracts.
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FeatureCosts and preparing budgets
A recent case provides clarification on issues parties may face when seeking approval of costs budgets.
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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.