Nottingham City Council, Luton Borough Council and Waltham Forest in London have launched judicial reviews against education secretary Michael Gove's decision to scrap the building schools for the future (BSF) programme.
As another can of worms opens in the world of legal expenses insurance, Mark Lee ponders the effects on a policyholder's power to choose their own solicitor
Janet Armstrong-Fox discusses preventing a sub-sale, the increase in the annual rent threshold for assured shorthold tenancies, a change to Land Registry policy on identification evidence, and the wording of contracts
Peter Hill reviews the coalition's draft structural reform plan, localism bill and drive towards transparency, public procurement regulation breaches, and council surveillance powers