Housing advice at the Derby Community Legal Advice Centre should be available within a fortnight but with rising demand the wait is now up four weeks, says Jon Robins
I love books. I can never pass a second-hand bookshop without emerging with an armful of them. I am the darling of mail order book companies. There are stacks of them in every corner and crevice in our house, but there is never enough time to read them all. Nonetheless, for three years of my life all that changed and I was able to rattle off the plots of books written by authors I had heard of, whose books I had thumbed on bookshelves and even bought – but which had remained unread.
HMRC's new scheme to encourage taxpayers to declare offshore income may sound very similar to the last one, but the risks are higher this time around and it is best to come forward now, says Noshir J Avari
The Criminal Justice Act has been incorrectly worded and those eligible for compensation following wrongful imprisonment are being denied their rights, says Richard Emery
John Kruse considers whether rescuing distrained goods from a bailiff is theft, and how the forthcoming implementation of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act will introduce clearer guidelines for all parties