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Cala Homes loses appeal over regional strategies

Developer Cala Homes has failed in a second attempt to overturn a planning statement from communities secretary Eric Pickles, requiring councils to take into account the government's commitment to abolish the regional planning strategies.

LSB rules out blanket ban on referral fees

Frontline regulators will be allowed to ban referral fees if they can provide evidence of the reasons for doing so, the Legal Services Board has said in a report that has otherwise found there was no “purely regulatory case” for an outright ban.

Claim to share of farm an 'incurable nullity'

A claim by three daughters to a half share of a farm lived in by their father, who died intestate, has been described as an “incurable nullity” by the Court of Appeal.

£6m plastic surgery award 'could not happen after Jackson reforms'

The solicitor acting for Penny Johnson, the woman who won £6m in damages at the High Court in the biggest ever award for plastic surgery injuries, has said that he would not have been able to take on the case if the Jackson reforms had been implemented.

Update: health and safety

Zahra Nanji considers how the Young report and its offshoots have been affecting case law

Update: housing

Giles Peaker considers Pinnock, the sequel, and a trio of revealing decisions on homelessness

Double entry

Has Jackson really been too kind to insurers? Simon Gibbs does the sums

Hemming's way

The trouble with mapping the boundaries of parliamentary privilege is only the House knows the rules, writes Ian Cram