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Strasbourg rules stop and search powers unlawful

Two protestors stopped and searched by police while on their way to an arms fair have won their case that their privacy rights have been breached.

Gurkhas lose pensions challenge

The British Gurkha Welfare Society has lost its challenge to the way the Ministry of Defence calculates pension entitlements.

Maximum age for firefighters not discriminatory

Imposing a maximum age requirement for firefighters was designed to ensure operational capacity and was therefore a lawful exemption from the ban on age discrimination, the European Court of Justice has ruled.

Attorney General tackles arrest warrant anger

Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General, has attempted to calm the storm provoked by the decision of a district judge in London to issue an arrest warrant against the former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni.

Update: family (children)

Noel Arnold reviews cases on the threshold test and evidential issues in interim orders, fact-finding costs in private law cases, directions for residential assessments, and the two-stage approach in private law proceedings

Update: charities

James Aspden considers recent developments concerning the protection of gifts to charities including mental capacity, laches and disputes over costs in probate claims

Funding the future

The recession is changing how pensions are managed in the UK and has created several new challenges for both trustees and employers, says Kate Richards

Are you sitting comfortably?

The position of many claimants in actions against the police remains far from comfortable, despite the decision in Hoare, as they face several uncertainties when pursuing their case – not least the difficulty in securing public funding, say Stephen Chippeck and Nicholas Turner