What role should ex parte applications play in domestic violence cases? Byron James reports
R v Clifton Steel Ltd [2007] All ER (D) 108 (Jun)
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Has Stack v Dowden helped cohabiting couples whose relationships have broken down? Elizabeth Hicks and Sital Amin report
The government is refusing to back down on its plans to overhaul the country’s legal aid system, despite swingeing attacks from MPs and stakeholders.
More company lawyers are being hired, while a third of outside counsel are to be fired, according to an in-house counsel study.
R (Godmanchester Town Council) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2007] UKHL 28, [2007] All ER (D) 201 (Jun)
Conditions in detention >>
Religious intolerance >>
Discrimination and widow’s benefits >>
Family rights: competing private and public interests >>
R v Kepple [2007] EWCA Crim 1339, [2007] All ER (D) 107 (Jun)
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Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire
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Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe
Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire
DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr
Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London
