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Protecting borrowers... and deposits

Lenders must comply with the new pre-action protocol for possession claims, while landlords face sanctions for non-compliance on tenants' deposits, says David Oldham

Update: licensing

Roy Light discusses recent cases, including challenges to local authority guidance on the gambling and licensing acts, conditions on licenses, and public nuisance

Update: corporate tax

David Anderson sheds light on the courts' treatment of VAT claims for pension funds in the light of Claverhouse, including recent debate on the effectiveness...

Feathering the nest

Alan Fowler details the key provisions of the Pensions Act 2008, including the requirement that employers make compulsory pension provision

The new low-carbon diet

Despite the economic downturn, with buildings the source of approximately half of the UK's carbon dioxide emissions, and construction the source of about one-third of...

Update: IP and IT

Susan Singleton reviews the latest developments on co-operation agreements, abuse of market power, disclosure of encryption keys and freedom of information

Update: charity law

Moira Protani, Peter Steer and Ian Davies review the lessons learned from Charity Commission inquiries, plus significant cases on social housing and will fraud

Private matter?

The recent European Court of Human Rights ruling against retaining DNA samples has thrown the right to private life into sharp relief, says Lucy Corrin