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Supreme Court goes beyond Strasbourg in right-to-life ruling

Hospital owed duty under article 2 to voluntary psychiatric patient

Ministers go ahead with six-month limit for care proceedings

Guillotine risks 'parental backlash', FLBA leader warns

Viva la revolution

Law firms need a radical change in how they motivate staff, claims David Coldrick

Badger Trust prepares way for legal challenge to English cull

The Badger Trust has said this morning that it has written to DEFRA giving notice of the grounds of a legal challenge it intends to...

Limit for small claims rises to £10,000 and for county court cases to £100,000

Justice secretary Ken Clarke has this morning announced an increase in the limit for small claims from £5,000 to £10,000 and for county court cases...

Stalking reform needs careful consideration

An independent parliamentary enquiry has called for a review of the laws which protects victims of stalking, claiming the current legislation is not fit for...

Voluntary psychiatric patient had 'right to life', Supreme Court decides

The Supreme Court has ruled that the NHS is under a duty to protect the rights to life of suicidal psychiatric patients, even if they...

Heart of the matter

The Court of Protection should be open to public scrutiny, says John Hemming