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On the beat | The case against privatising the police

A publicly-run police services can't be outsourced without the public's consent

More clients shopping around for legal services

Value-for-money satisfaction up with three in five clients on fixed-fee deals

Deprivation of liberty: turning back the clocks

A case involving the lawfulness of the detention of a military conscript has been wrongly extended for decades to wider situations involving deprivation of liberty, says a new approach taking account of other factors

Employer's reference protected by qualified privilege

Hospital lab assistant could not sue former manager for libel

ABS countdown | Demonstrating ongoing fitness to practise

The 'revalidation' proposal is not so radical, it simply reflects the need for a more efficient CPD system, says Stuart Bushell

Society attacks insurers for failing to pass on £500m portal savings

'No confidence' that future savings will help consumers

The problem with our boundaries

Mangala Murali argues that the melodrama of prolonged boundary disputes is caused by the archaic nature of UK land law

Residential property update

Michael Fahy takes ?a look at some of the ?latest government initiatives purported to level out the housing market and who ?they really seek to benefit