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Lots in common

When is a common not a common? Richard Honey reports on the changes effected by the Commons Act 2006

Regional focus : Greater London

High street civil practices in Greater London are being forced to reinvent themselves or face an uncertain future. Jean-Yves Gilg reports

Tales from practice: back to the future

The preparations went on all day, with carcasses of meat and dozens of fowl of different sizes and descriptions being prepared in the cellars of the Great Hall. Young children struggled past with huge platters laden down with swan, venison and mutton. It was not quite as splendid as the feast that took place a few days earlier in Dublin to mark the end of the Crimean War (involving three tons of potatoes, 250 hams, 200 geese and 250 joints of beef), but it was close.

Update: local government

Christopher Baker discusses bias and manifesto policies, contracts and fettering discretion, legitimate expectation, care homes and human rights and costs

New asylum standards

Jane Coker explains the new procedure for asylum seekers and refugees under the Qualifying Directive, the implementing regulations and changes to the Immigration Rules

Reviving bailiffs' certification

The draft Tribunals, Court & Enforcement Bill provides a practical opportunity to revive the little used complaint procedure against bailiffs' certification, says John Kruse

Contaminated land

A new circular on radioactive contamination is only one of many forthcoming changes affecting contaminated land of which solicitors should be aware, warns Kathy Mylrea

Accidents at work (1)

Five years after his first series on accidents at work, Gordon Exall explores the changes in the law