Legal Features

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13 Oct 2006

New asylum standards

Jane Coker explains the new procedure for asylum seekers and refugees under the Qualifying Directive, the implementing regulations and changes to the Immigration Rules

13 Oct 2006

Update: local government

Christopher Baker discusses bias and manifesto policies, contracts and fettering discretion, legitimate expectation, care homes and human rights and costs

6 Oct 2006

Family case briefing

Jane Craig discusses difficult cases, funding costs, and parental responsibility in the context of children's holidays

6 Oct 2006

Managing mediators

Paul Newman asks: if mediation is such a worthwhile ADR mechanism, why do we need an awareness week?

6 Oct 2006

Update: tax

E-filing - Work and Families Act 2006 - HMRC initiatives - HMRC interest rates - Bonus rates for saving schemes - Advisory fuel rates - HMRC computer glitch - By Carol Mead

6 Oct 2006

A revolution

Psychotherapeutic mediation is the most efficient dispute resolution process invented so far, says Marc Beaumont

6 Oct 2006

Accidents at work (1)

Five years after his first series on accidents at work, Gordon Exall explores the changes in the law

29 Sept 2006

Civil litigation brief

Gordon Exall examines the changes in relation to actions by and against partnerships introduced by the Civil Procedure Rules (Amendment) Rules 2006