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Your bench needs you

All over the place there are notices up in robing rooms that ask us: have you ever thought of a judicial career? They are a...

Worlds apart

In light of the recent cuts to legal aid in the UK, Roger Smith examines the situation around the globe

Stepping up

The new HIPs regulations give solicitors the opportunity to take charge of the process and improve on relationships with clients and estate agents, says Chris...

Better than cure

Serious Crime Prevention Orders may be a necessary tool but they raise deep concerns for civil liberties, says Andrew Picken

Update: environment

Michael Woods reviews the new environmental liability regulations, the Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme, measures to encourage electricity generation from renewable sources, and the new hazardous...

Update: social welfare law

Hannah Graves and Chris Ellis consider the new mental capacity provisions, the extension of the “need for care and attention” test, discretionary housing payments, and...

Moats and beams

“Of course,” said Beryl, “if you are going to have a moat, it must be a Trunch Troubadour. It may seem more expensive initially but...

A bitter pill

Has the European Court of Justice gone too far in upholding that pharmacies could only be owned by professionally qualified chemists, asks Paul Stanley NO