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Ibrahim Hasan considers how surveillance rules will fare under the freedoms bill

Justice feat. Usher

Forget the trifling crims, what we need is a mass arrest of this 'wrong crowd' the defence keeps harping on about, says Felix

Charlesworth's Company Law - 18th edition

ISBN: 978-1847039194

Solicitors' Duties and Liabilities - 2nd edition

ISBN: 978-1853285196

Cretney and Probert's Family Law – 7th edition

ISBN: 978-1847035530

Law Society votes in favour of regulating ABS firms

The Law Society's ruling council has voted in favour of allowing the SRA to regulate ABS firms. The motion was carried by 54 votes to 16.

Methodist minister can claim unfair dismissal

A Methodist minister who resigned from her post in Cornwall was an employee and can claim unfair dismissal, the EAT has ruled.

New reliability test for experts 'would prevent miscarriages of justice'

A statutory reliability test for experts in criminal trials “would prevent miscarriages of justice” such as the conviction of solicitor Sally Clark for the killing of her two baby boys, a Law Commissioner has said.