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New joint parenting laws are not just unnecessary, they are dangerous

Instead of jeopardising the flexible, child-focused set of principles developed under the Children Act, the government should improve the enforceability of contact orders, says Stuart Ruff

When successive contracts amount to continuous employment

The decision to allow a lapdancer employed through a succession of contracts to bring an unfair dismissal claim has widened the definition of employee, but may not readily transfer 'to more mainstream occupations, says Anna Macey

Regulatory watch | Simplifying the regulatory maze

Susanna Heley ponders the continental system of regulation, and asks whether it's time the UK changed its approach

European briefing | Was France's tax treatment of EDF legitimate?

In deciding that the French state's actions might be acceptable, the ECJ has created unnecessary legal uncertainty, says Paul Stanley NO

Workshop: The impact of the EU law principle of effectiveness

Denis Edwards assesses the principle and the potential consequences for English public law

Company update

Debbie King considers the drafting of side letters, charitable incorporated organisations, the increasing number of women on boards and the government's loan scheme for young entrepreneurs

Residential property update

Janet Armstrong-Fox reviews recent cases on rights of way, nuisance and party walls, as well as the Access 'to Neighbouring Land Act

Editor's blog | Complain and earn up to £150,000

Allowing the SRA to make compensation awards would be a lot more satisfactory than hastily raising LeO's compensation ceiling