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School's out

Hubert Picarda gives his take on 2010's key charity cases and looks ahead to what 2011 has in store for the chastised Charity Commission

Update: health and safety

We need education on the Health and Safety Regulations not reform of the law, argues Zahra Nanji

Judge and jury

Could the English jury become the next victim of a Belgian political assassin? Richard Easton and David Rhodes hold court

Update: immigration

Jane Coker reviews the tribunals' latest attitudes towards article 8 and how it plays out in deportation cases

Update: IT/IP

Susan Singleton considers fresh opinion on the eBay trademark case, the court's approach to copyrighting news clippings and Europe's requirements for R&D development agreements

The fine print

The massive fines mooted for ABSs are off the scale in the legal services world, says Stuart Bushell as he continues his countdown to the profession's big bang

Candid camera

Where do judges actually stand on the issue of covert surveillance? Duncan Wright investigates

Otherwise engaged

The Law Commission last week unveiled the details of a consultation that could pave the way for the legalisation of prenups in English law (see Solicitors Journal 155/1, 11 January 2011). Solicitors Journal commentators give the lowdown on what this would mean for English divorce law and question whether, despite mounting pressure to put marital property agreements on a statutory footing, it would be good news all the way