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Interwoven Strands 1660-1947: A History of a Country Town and the Role of Solicitors in Developing its Institutions

ISBN: 978-1873257722

A tale of two insurance claims

At first sight they looked like the extras in Shaun of the Dead as they moved with exaggerated slowness and all in step with each other. If it had not been for one of the two disasters that beset us before Christmas we would probably never have set foot inside the Wild Stallion Country Music and Line Dance Club to watch a group of people performing intricate steps to the music of Ian Highland and the Twilight Band.

The threat of restricted legal advice privilege still looms

For years the concerns surrounding the decision in Three Rivers seemed unfounded, but a recent ruling by a Hong Kong court is a reminder that the issue hasn't gone away, warns Julian Copeman

Further LASPO defeats over phone gateway and Jackson

Peers want industrial disease cases to be exempted from recoverability ban

Male friend can be third parent to lesbian couple's child

Judges considering applications for parenting arrangements between same-sex couples and third-party sperm donors should place the child's interest first and look at each case on its own merits, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

CPS must review advocacy strategy, inspector says

The Crown Prosecution Service must review its advocacy strategy, the CPS Inspectorate said in a report published last week.

Lord Neuberger sets limits on article 8 defence to possession proceedings

Courts should identify 'minority of cases' early

'Not impermissible' for Lady Hale to speak out on legal aid

It was “not impermissible” for Lady Hale to speak out against the government's legal aid cuts, Lord Neuberger has said in a speech on judicial independence.