Milton McIntosh considers cases involving lease and licence distinction, the assignability and repudiation of agreements for lease, and the effect of the new compensation provisions on business tenancies
Amending procedural codes is not enough to resolve the costs problem in complex commercial litigation; judges themselves should address costs issues by managing the behaviour of parties, says Graham Huntley
When it comes to decisions about withdrawing life-sustaining treatment for children, consensus and common sense are a better process than court intervention, says Seamus Burns
Law centres, Citizens Advice Bureaux, advice agencies and trades unions should be given a year's “grace†to prepare for regulation as ABSs, the Legal Services Board has proposed.
The shape of things to come: the Planning Act 2008 seeks to streamline and fine tune the planning application process, but whether it will strike the correct balance of expediting major infrastructure projects while addressing the concerns of third parties remains to be seen, say Giles Ferin and Marco Mauro
With careful planning, a realistic view of the claim's value and cooperation between the parties, litigants can legitimately reduce their court fees, says DJ Tim Jenkins
The role of the mental health tribunals is changing, but it remains to be seen how a shift from a medical to a legal approach will balance patients' rights with public risk, says Keith Wilding