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Privy Council update - Spring18 May 2012

In this issue: Privy Council comings and goings, Twitter, Practice Direction 9 - electronic filing of documents, core bundles, reasons for grant/refusal of permission, costs and court dress.

up2date news for social housing -11 May11 May 2012

Our Social Housing team considers how amendments to the complaints process (Localism Act 2011) will work in practice.

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the Defamation Bill continued...18 May 2012

Our Defamation team provides an update on the Defamation Bill and considers the implications for publishers, specifically for website operators and scientific or academic journals.

firm named one of Private Client Practitioner's Top 25 law firms 201217 May 2012

Blake Lapthorn has been named one of Top 25 law firms 2012 by Private Client Practitioner, who recently completed a survey of approximately 125 law firms operating in the private client sector in the UK.