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Description: Grenfell Tower Inquiry phase 2 report vol 1 cover (C) Crown copyright

Fiona Bawdon looks at what the inquiry’s second report into the fire that killed 72 people tells us about the role of lawyers in the lead-up to...

Housing
Description: Andy Slaughter MP

The well-liked Labour MP Andy Slaughter has been elected chair of the House of Commons Justice Committee.

Civil justice
Description: Garden Court Chambers logo

October 2024 will see Garden Court Chambers mark 50 years since it was founded in 1974 by six young barristers recently out of pupillage.

Civil justice
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Legal Aid Practitioners Group has developed a toolkit aimed at those who are new to managing the Legal Aid Agency’s notoriously complex civil...

Legal aid
Description: Simon Mullings
Published2024-09-27

It is with overwhelming sadness that I write this month’s editorial. I am sure that most people reading this will have heard the news about...

Housing
Description: Housing in London_Pexels_ Huy Phan

Sam Madge-Wyld and Liz Davies KC cover housing law news and legislation, and cases on possession claims, unlawful eviction, rent repayment orders,...

Housing
Description: Stopping police-perpetrated domestic violence

Our new research uncovers shocking levels of domestic abuse perpetrated by serving police officers, says Harriet Wistrich. It’s time for...

Criminal law
Description: Globe_Pexels_Lara Jameson

Stephanie Harrison KC and David Renton set out what employment practitioners need to know about the right to work and why.

Employment and discrimination
Description: Lady Justice close up (Hermann Traub_Pixabay)

Despite principle of jury equity, the attorney general in the last government decided to commence contempt proceedings against Trudi Warner.

Criminal law
Description: Postcard from North Wales

The change of season, new staff and a new legal aid contract see Katherine Adams in reflective mood.

Civil justice
Description: Woman in wheelchair at cafe_Pexels_Marcus Aurelius

A little-known effect of Brexit was to weaken legal protections for disabled people, says John Horan. The new Labour government should introduce...

Employment and discrimination
Description: Social security cropped Librios

Simon Osborne reviews recent case law developments in both means-tested and non-means-tested benefits.

Civil justice