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Regulatory watch | Understanding the regulatory process

Being able to access decisions by our regulatory bodies and courts is an essential 'step to understanding their approach and expectations in the new world of 'outcomes focused regulation, says Susanna Heley

Rise in breach of trust claims against conveyancers

The surge in mortgage fraud is leading lenders to 'consider breach of trust against conveyancers as 'alternatives to negligence claims. Julian Miller and Parminder Badhan report

Workshop: Public law

Parties to judicial review proceedings should make clear their intention to settle at the 'earliest opportunity if they want to avoid adverse costs orders, says Sarah Sackman

High Court rejects English badger cull judicial review

Court 'being invited to interfere unduly in the political or administrative decision-making process'

Lord Neuberger to be president of Supreme Court

Master of the Rolls who declined position as one of the first justices when Supreme Court was created will replace Lord Phillips and be sworn in on 1 October

Balancing risks: How the SRA's FP2 affects PII

Elliott Vigar, head of regulation at the Law Society of England and Wales, explores the fallout from the SRA's second-stage financial protection review

LSC accounts qualified again but 'irregular payments' fall

Immigration and family legal help the main areas of improvement

Fault lines: How a risk audit can help with securing PII

Frank Maher, a partner at Legal Risk, explores how risk audits ?can help with obtaining professional indemnity cover