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Cutting class

With education forming a key plank of the manifestos of all three main political parties, and cuts in funding likely whoever wins the election, lawyers...

Manifest differences

How do the 'law and order' policies of the main parties compare? Lucy Corrin examines the manifestos

Update: pensions

Alan Fowler reviews the introduction of the new minimum age at which benefits can be drawn from registered pensions, new duties for the information commissioner...

Update: consumer

Bryan Nott looks at three High Court cases which have strengthened the hands of banks as creditors – plus a victory for an innocent car...

Virtual alienation

The right of tenants to 'virtually assign' leases has been strengthened by a recent case, but the change should also be welcomed by landlords, says...

No end in sight?

Indeterminate sentences are a relatively new phenomenon, but with their numbers dramatically increasing, the authorities should publish the correct test to be applied when prisoners...

Caste away

New provisions in the Equality Act give the government the power to outlaw caste discrimination, but its success depends on the outcome of important research,...

New for old

Developers may now have to pay a levy to meet the cost of structural changes to the local area. Mangala Murali explains how the Community...