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Unintended consequences: The LSA's impact on PII

David Simon, managing partner at Robin Simon, discusses how ?the Legal Services Act has affected professional indemnity insurance in the UK

Challenging speed camera evidence

The presumption that a vehicle owner has committed 'an offence may only exceptionally be displaced, 'says Andrew Church-Taylor

Equality of arms: the intended effect of the new rules on cost proportionality

The proposed new rules on costs recoverability ought to ensure defendants with deep pockets cannot manipulate the personal injury litigation market, or at least they...

Prosecuting internet sex offences under old laws

When Parliament was in the process of considering the Criminal Justice and Immigration bill in 2008, various interest and pressure groups lobbied in the hope...

Clearer public benefit guidance

Charity Commission lawyer Kenneth Dibble calls on stakeholders to help craft new public benefit guidance principles on the class of beneficiaries in the 'context of...

Strasbourg ruling in Abu Qatada case was the right outcome

The Strasbourg court's ruling in the Abu Qatada case may have been a bitter pill to 'swallow but it is the price to pay for...

Motorcycle update: apportioning liability

As attitude to speeding changes, recent cases on apportionment of liability in 'motorcycle accidents have started veering against claimants, says Stephanie Cope

Wealth management update: taxation of non-residents

David Bird reviews new rules on the taxation of business owners, 'non-resident individuals, and the introduction of a general ‘anti abuse' rule, 'which he says...