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Update: education

Anita Chopra and Salima Mawji consider the Academies Act, special educational needs, pupils assaulting teachers, appeals against admission decisions, exclusions and students unhappy with decisions...

Update: intellectual property

Susan Singleton considers ongoing developments in smell-alike cases, internet marketing, malicious falsehood and pharma dominance

Not another wine bar

The government's so-called 'consultation' over proposed court closures borders on the scandalous, says Philip Henson

The best medicine

Do you ever sit across the table from a client and wonder why you are on one side of the table and they are on...

Update: agriculture

Falling branches, dung deadlines and the civil liberties of soft furry things - Simon Blackburn reports on an eventful summer in agricultural law

Information overload

A recent case on Data Protection Act requests sheds some light on solicitors' duties, but further clarification is needed, says Seamus Smyth

Yorkshire: battle of the brands

As we edge closer to the full force of the Legal Services Act, firms are increasingly focusing on their 'brand' to differentiate themselves – and...

Coroners' reforms could be among casualties of £2bn cuts

Long-overdue reforms to the system of coroners could become one of the casualties of the massive cuts facing the Ministry of Justice, it has emerged.