Practice Notes: Education
Legal aid funding reform threat to solicitors' charity
The government's proposals for alternative sources of funding for legal aid could result in hundreds of destitute lawyers being deprived of support, the le
Brick by brick
Mark Warwick and Paul De La Piquerie reminisce about some of 2010's juiciest commercial propert
CPS chief to give evidence to new assisted suicide commission
Keir Starmer QC is one of a dozen high-profile figures due to give evidence to a new commission set up to consider change to assisted suicid
The third degree
It may be early days for the third-party funding industry, but it has already generated plenty of hype and provoked extensive debate. Jon Robins questions
LSC stops funding epilepsy drug group action
The LSC has decided to cease funding a group action by epileptic mothers who claim that taking the drug Epilim while pregnant caused birth defects in thei
Institute not liable for abuse of boys
The Institute of Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the De La Salle Institute, was not vicariously liable for the abuse of boys at a school i
Councils launch judicial reviews over school building projects
Nottingham City Council, Luton Borough Council and Waltham Forest in London have launched judicial reviews against education secretary Michael Gove’s decis
Update: residential property
Janet Armstrong-Fox discusses preventing a sub-sale, the increase in the annual rent threshold for assured shorthold tenancies, a change to Land Registry p
Update: local government
Peter Hill reviews the coalition's draft structural reform plan, localism bill and drive towards transparency, public procurement regulation breaches, and
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