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Courts cannot use secret procedures to hear ordinary civil claims

Courts cannot order “closed material procedures” when hearing ordinary civil claims, such as for damages or breach of statutory duty, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Cutting class

With education forming a key plank of the manifestos of all three main political parties, and cuts in funding likely whoever wins the election, lawyers should brace themselves for a further raft of reform. Stephen Hart and Andrea Squires report

Cross purposes

Three or more people using or threatening violence in the same place do not need to be acting with a 'common purpose' to be found guilty of violent disorder, says David Rhodes

Council responsible for "lamentable capitulation to aggression" over headmistress

Surrey County Council was responsible for a “lamentable capitulation to aggression” in failing to protect a headmistress from hostile accusations and behaviour by some of her primary school's Muslim governors, the Court of Appeal has held.

Libel lawyers threaten Straw with judicial review

Libel lawyers working mainly for claimants have threatened justice secretary Jack Straw with a judicial review over his plans for a huge cut in success fees.

Money grows on trees

Investing in forestry presents so many advantages it is little surprise private client lawyers are increasingly called to advise on the issue, says Denise Wilkinson

New dimensions

Loss adjusters will consider a multitude of factors when acting as expert witnesses in subrogation claims, and provided they do not stray outside their remit of expertise they can add a useful dimension to the process, says Nigel Clarke

Update: education

Anita Chopra and Salima Mawji discuss the Lamb enquiry, the JFS ruling, school admissions, parental involvement in schools, burden of proof in exclusion cases and other developments in higher education law