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Update | Planning: large-scale housing decisions and the NPPF

Craig Whelton and Alex Minhinick consider some of the first large-scale housing ?decisions under the national policy planning framework and the confirmation of ?a change to the local authority's decision to revoke a consent

Balancing act: Re E

Jessica Negyal weighs up the difficult decisions the Court of Protection faced in Re E

COLPs Supplement | Reporting responsibilities

View from the bench | Enforcing charging orders where instalment payments are made

Amendments intended to clarify the rules on the enforcement of charging orders are more likely to cause confusion for both lawyers and unrepresented litigants, says Tacy Cronin

Update | Environment: EIA and early public consultation

Public consultation early in the planning process for developments that are likely to have a substantial environmental impact is critical, reports Adrienne Copithorne

Update | Landlord and tenant

Following up on her 'previous update on the subject, Tessa Shepperson uncovers a latent pitfall for landlords who fail to comply with the new tenancy 'deposit rules

Workshop: Private client: fair arrangements for vulnerable dependents

Vicky Day examines options available to clients 'who wish to plan for the financial protection of 'their vulnerable adult dependents

Litigation insurance coming of age

he ruling in Nokia Corporation v IPCom Gmbh & Co KG [2012] EWCA Civ 567 in May was notable as one of few recent cases where the UK courts have found a telecoms patent to be both valid and infringed. For litigators, it is interesting for another, less well-known reason: IPCom had taken out after-the-event (ATE) legal expenses insurance to cover its costs risk. This is one of the first examples of a reported case where such a policy has been used in the context of a highly complex piece of patent litigation.