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Developers may now have to pay a levy to meet the cost of structural changes to the local area. Mangala Murali explains how the Community...

A broader perspective

The jurisdiction of a Land Registry adjudicator has been considerably widened in cases where an application for a restriction against a property has been made,...

Off the mark

The ECJ's decision that Google does not infringe third party trademarks through its AdWords service has avoided other issues – not least whether the search...

Update: employment

Sue Ashtiany reviews cases on injury awards for discrimination, whistleblowing and stress at work

Update: ecclesiastical

Gregory Jones and Cain Ormondroyd discuss works to listed and other church buildings, equality legislation and cremation of human remains

A fragile mind

For all the advances in forensic science, expert and surveillance evidence (for which see 'Behind bars' passim, and without doubt futurim) the majority of criminal...

APIL president attacks Lord Justice Jackson's "political" solutions

The new president of APIL, Muiris Lyons, has launched a stinging attack on Lord Justice Jackson's report on civil litigation costs, describing some of his...

Comment: Early warnings across the pond

Developments in the US merit attention, with the expansion of US firms into the UK market.