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Making contact work

The new Adoption and Children Act 2006 includes some seemingly powerful provisions relating to work schemes, but the question remains whether these will work in practice, asks DJ Edwina Millward

New perspectives on the Mental Health Act

To understand new mental health legislation solicitors will need to know what is being done with suspected terrorists, says David Hewitt

Switching off the client relationship

We have all dealt with difficult clients, but when does a difference of opinion become so fundamental that the solicitor can safely call it a day, ask Mickaela Fox and Andrew Temperley

North West: fighting fit

Amid deepening troubles North West firms are embracing old fashioned values to see themselves through the economic meltdown. Jean-Yves Gilg reports

The Rashomon effect

A case before the European Court of Human Rights could lead to a fundamental review of the admissibility of hearsay evidence and offer defendants greater protection, says Ben Newton

With a clear intent

The recent judgment of Mr Justice Akenhead in the case of Diamond Build Ltd v Clapham Park Homes Ltd [2008] EWHC 1439 (TCC), delivered on 25 June 2008, is refreshingly clear on the way the letter of intent was interpreted.

Money, toil and trouble

Funding divorce proceedings is beset with hidden pitfalls not just for the party without personal finance but also for their solicitor, warn Philip Way and Edward Heaton

Update: local government

Christopher Baker reviews the latest cases on business rates, failure to disclose the award criteria in public contract tenders, anti-discrimination duties and local authority disputes over provision of care