With a general election looming, justice secretary Jack Straw is planning to cut the uplift libel lawyers can add to their success fees from 100 per cent to 10 per cent of base costs.
The Law Society has said it is "very doubtful" whether there is enough time for the new civil legal aid contracts to be introduced in October after the LSC announced that the tendering process for some contracts would not begin until early March.
Landowners are constantly looking to improve their businesses and are making the most of the opportunities available, but they are also facing difficulties – not least the implementation of the Marine and Coastal Access Act. Jenny Ramage reports
Roy Light reviews the role and powers of licensing sub-committees, the rights of interested parties and responsible authorities, the meaning of 'public nuisance' and useful resources for practitioners
Susan Singleton considers new laws on 'cookies', proposed fines for major breaches of data protection law, new regulation of online content, keywords in advertisements, and unfair commercial practices
Another New Year and another trumpeting to announce the reappearance on our television screens of that well-known, ever popular drama queen: Laura Norder. Yup – she's back; and she is getting more gritty and ugly than she was before. The other night there were numerous trailers for Laura – we've got murdered females (naked), murdered females (clothed), we've gone under her covers, between her covers, found out that she is not all that she seems to be, that she has thrown away the rule book and so on. Laura is going to be very busy in the cold months of winter.
