Police & Prisons

Articles

22 Sept 2009

Update: planning

Gregory Jones and Sarah Sackman consider cases on the expansion of Stansted airport, unlawful developments, screening opinions, the interpretation of planning control and giving reasons for granting permission

22 Sept 2009

Friendly fire

Solicitors considering litigation should act promptly but not hastily to avoid being either sued by clients or reprimanded by the courts, warns Seamus Smyth

15 Sept 2009

Update: consumer

Mark Lucas examines the new consumer White Paper, the OFT's latest moves against Foxtons, and the recently proposed Personal Responsibility Bill

8 Sept 2009

Striking at the roots

Masood Ahmed considers the guidance the courts have provided to those wishing to make strike out applications and how a party can avoid an order being made against them

8 Sept 2009

Changing tack

The modern legal costs industry that was initially created to serve insurers and defendants has, in the space of little more than a decade, undergone a rise and fall that would have taken other industries decades to pass through.

8 Sept 2009

Best behaviour

As courts increasingly look at the behaviour of parties during mediation proceedings, clients should be advised to cooperate fully and practitioners should ensure they take detailed notes and be prepared to give evidence, say John Bramhall and Mercedes Castillo

18 Aug 2009

What's wrong with the warrant?

John Bechelet explains the search warrant process and what happens when the police get it wrong

4 Aug 2009

Plugging the gap

As legal aid turns 60, Jon Robins explores possible solutions to the system's failures