Land registration law up for review

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm31st March 2016

The Law Gazette A new formula for determining which of two innocent parties of a land fraud should keep the property in question is among proposals for reform of the legal framework governing land registration in England and Wales to be published today. The Law Commission’s consultation opens within a week of the government publishing…

Prison overcrowding: HMP Oakwood to convert single cells into doubles to make room for 500 extra inmates

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm31st March 2016

The Independent The prison, which is operated by the private company G4S, will see its official operating capacity rise by almost a third from July, which campaigners say is a recipe for overcrowding and violence Some single cells will be converted into double rooms Getty Images Inmates at the UK’s largest privately-run jail are to start sharing…