Today the High Court in London will hear both sides of the argument in the battle over where Richard III’s remains should be buried. Over a year ago Archaeologists in Leicester, working as part of a team with the University of Leicester, the County Council and the Richard III Society, made an astounding discovery when […]

On Friday 26 July 2013 The Mobile Homes (Pitch Fees) (Prescribed Forms) (England) Regulations 2013 came into force. From 26 July 2013 any Pitch Fee Review Notice must be accompanied by a Pitch Fee Review Form. The Pitch Fee Review Form has been devised by the Government to provide Park Home Owners with more information […]

The Government’s hotly anticipated reforms to the judicial review process were implemented yesterday. Judicial review is a legal process where an applicant with a ‘sufficient interest’ in a decision made by a public body can apply to the Court to ask a Judge to review the lawfulness of that decision. The Court in a judicial […]

The Mobile Homes Act 2013, one of the biggest changes to legislation in the sector for a considerable period of time, started to bite on 26 May 2013. The Act amends various pieces of legislation which have governed the sector for over 20 years. The Act, which seeks to provide ‘a better deal for mobile […]

The Mobile Homes (Selling and Gifting) (England) Regulations 2013 came into force on 26 May 2013 (‘the Regulations’). The Regulations detail how a park site owner should deal with an occupier that wishes to sell or gift their mobile home. All park site owners will be well aware of the purpose behind the Regulations which […]

The new jury of seven men and five women have retired to consider their verdict in the now infamous Vicky Pryce retrial. Ms Pryce, the former wife of disgraced ex cabinet minister Chris Huhne, has pleaded not guilty to perverting the course of justice. Ms Pryce is accused of taking speeding points for her ex-husband. […]

The cornerstone of the English criminal justice system, trial by jury, is under scrutiny this week after a jury were described as having “absolutely fundamental defects in understanding”. The jury of eight women and four men had been part of the case of Vicky Pryce who has been accused of accepting speeding points on behalf […]