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Money spinning

The Young report is fundamentally flawed but at least it takes Jackson into account, argue Professor John Peysner and Dr Angus Nurse

Dead end street

DJ Peter Glover considers the unlikely survival of the Lower Street rule

Out in the cold

Lawyers must step in to fight the systematic neglect of homeless people caused by cash-strapped councils, says Zia Nabi

In with the new

The new regime for the Patents County Court should improve the process for handling intellectual property disputes – but efficient court management will be vital to its success, says Patrick Wheeler

Update: commercial property

Ben Brayford and Eugene McMahon consider the recent OFT guidance on land agreements, what recent case law tells us about tenants' break clauses and a ruling on how to fend off a fixtures and fittings dispute

Update: tax and trusts

With the third Finance Act of the year to be published shortly, it has been a rollercoaster period for practitioners, writes David Bird

Cherry picking

Restricting the right to a jury trial ignores the fact that defendants can be victims too, argues Jeannie Mackie

Casey closed?

We put victims' commissioner Louise Casey on trial for crimes against our readers' blood pressure. On the defence, Jennie Kreser and on the prosecution, Michael Jones