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A tale of two insurance claims

At first sight they looked like the extras in Shaun of the Dead as they moved with exaggerated slowness and all in step with each other. If it had not been for one of the two disasters that beset us before Christmas we would probably never have set foot inside the Wild Stallion Country Music and Line Dance Club to watch a group of people performing intricate steps to the music of Ian Highland and the Twilight Band.

Interwoven Strands 1660-1947: A History of a Country Town and the Role of Solicitors in Developing its Institutions

ISBN: 978-1873257722

Counter-Terrorism Law and Practice: An International Handbook

ISBN: 978-0199553808

Ashton & Reid on Clubs and Associations – 2nd edition

ISBN: 978-1846612510

'Not impermissible' for Lady Hale to speak out on legal aid

It was “not impermissible” for Lady Hale to speak out against the government's legal aid cuts, Lord Neuberger has said in a speech on judicial independence.

Male friend can be third parent to lesbian couple's child

Judges considering applications for parenting arrangements between same-sex couples and third-party sperm donors should place the child's interest first and look at each case on its own merits, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

May Day kettling victim was not deprived of liberty, Strasbourg says

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that an anti-capitalist protester, trapped behind police lines in Oxford Street during the May Day protests of 2001, was not deprived of her liberty.

Peers reject legal aid telephone gateway

Peers passed an amendment to the legal aid bill last night which would prevent civil legal aid clients being forced to access advice through a telephone gateway.