Ellie Watson explains how the ambitious targets set by the Carbon Reduction Commitment will be met in practice and what it will mean for landlords and tenants
Sara Partington considers liability for conversion, the dangers of including an arbitration clause in standard terms and conditions, vexatious litigants and the risk of incurring interest on invoices
Rebecca Cattermole reviews recent developments on anti-social behaviour and the latest rulings on housing allocation schemes, homelessness and tolerated tresspassers
April Fool's Day didn't really feature in my life until 2002 when some friends produced their first child, a son. My husband was highly amused by this perceived social faux pas and wove into his otherwise congratulatory phone call to the new dad the immortal phrase “It could only happen to you, Simkin.â€
Setting an upper limit on costs in defamation cases would amount to defendants getting unjustified special privileges over claimants, says Gideon Benaim
