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New perspectives on the Mental Health Act

To understand new mental health legislation solicitors will need to know what is being done with suspected terrorists, says David Hewitt

Making contact work

The new Adoption and Children Act 2006 includes some seemingly powerful provisions relating to work schemes, but the question remains whether these will work in practice, asks DJ Edwina Millward

Shortchanged or overcharged

Philip de Berry considers how the court should treat the much ignored costs provisions of Part 45 of the CPR, particularly in road traffic accidents

Update: competition

Richard Waite reviews the latest developments in emergency rescue measures for banks, public interest considerations in mergers and acquisitions, parallel trade prevention and punishment for cartel activity

Regulatory nightmares

A recent decision of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT), currently unreported, holds many lessons for solicitors, explains Tony Guise

Your home as a raffle prize

Raffles could be an innovative way of selling property in a depressed market but owners risk falling foul of gambling laws, says Richard Lawson

Update: local government

Christopher Baker reviews the latest cases on business rates, failure to disclose the award criteria in public contract tenders, anti-discrimination duties and local authority disputes over provision of care

Money, toil and trouble

Funding divorce proceedings is beset with hidden pitfalls not just for the party without personal finance but also for their solicitor, warn Philip Way and Edward Heaton