Tougher rules for payday loan firms
15th March 2013

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has told Payday loan firms to change their behaviour as it attempts to tackle “rouge lenders” and get tough on “aggressive debt collection”. The biggest firms are being given 12 weeks to change their practi Read more...

Legal aid cuts planned for criminal courts
14th March 2013

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced further plans to cut the £2bn legal aid bill in England and Wales. Savings of up to £350m have already been earmarked by removing legal aid for a range of civil cases including those involving socia Read more...

Court rules on child harm
7th March 2013

The Supreme Court has ruled that just because a mother has harmed her children in the past, she should not necessarily be prevented from looking after children in the future. Lady Hale emphasised that suspicion of future harm is not enough. The ca Read more...

Law Commission warns on right to light
4th March 2013

The Law Commission have warned that the right to light may be being exploited by landowners who use the threat of an injunction to extract payments. They stated that such rights may have a “disproportionately negative impact upon the potential for Read more...

Unemployed graduate wins ‘back to work’ case
25th February 2013

Cait Reilly, a graduate who was forced to work in Poundland for free or face forfeiting her job seekers allowance, has won her case on appeal, with such schemes being declared unlawful by the Court of Appeal. Ms Reilly was undertaking voluntary work Read more...