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Judge over your shoulder

Guidance to help you understand the legal environment in which government decisions are made and assess the impact of legal risk.

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Judge Over Your Shoulder

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JOYS will help readers to understand the key litigation procedure, offer practical advice, and help readers to be better placed to anticipate questions or deal with evidence.

This edition of JOYS refers to a number of major developments in the law since the last edition, using illustrative case examples.

Updates to this page

Published 18 July 2016
Last updated 9 October 2018 + show all updates
  1. Updated the JOYS document to include active links to make it more user-friendly.

  2. First published.

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