Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7275

Adam Clemens looks at the courts’ approach to balancing a person’s right to demonstrate with the powers of the police to stop them

DPP v Chand [2007] EWHC 90 (Admin), [2007] All ER (D) 64 (Jan)

Julian Samiloff considers whether Irish abortion law breaches human rights

The country’s first Community Legal Advice Centre (CLAC) which aims to improve access to publicly funded civil legal advice for local residents, has been launched.

C plc v P (Attorney General intervening) [2007] EWCA Civ 493, [2007] All ER (D) 369 (May)

Chrisoulla Pawlowska considers the rights of free movement and residence for the partner of an EU citizen

Birmingham City Council v Walker [2007] UKHL 22, [2007] All ER (D) 237 (May)

Julian Samiloff considers whether Irish abortion law breaches human rights

A woman who had been a joint tenant of a local authority tenancy and became a sole tenant before the introduction of secure tenancies by the Housing Act 1980 was not a successor, and her son was able to succeed to the tenancy, the House of Lords has ruled.

An inquiry into how sentencing can be reformed to counter Britain’s rising prison population has been launched by the Constitutional Affairs Committee.