22 March 2013
David Rhodes reports on a recent case where
a judge’s ‘uninvited indication’ of the likely sentence amounted to pressure on a defendant
22 March 2013
With claims for delayed flights on the rise, a clearer position is
being sought but as Paul Stanley explains, it looks set to benefit airlines over...
22 March 2013
Richard Honey addresses the duties placed on a lawyer when making an application for urgent consideration in judicial review
22 March 2013
Mark Lucas looks at Jackson v Dear and asks what is a consumer, while examining a recent lifing of the corporate veil and defective performances
22 March 2013
Gareth Mitchell asks whether it is an abuse of process to bring a private law claim in circumstances where that challenge might have been included...
15 March 2013
Hawes provides further guidance on the circumstances where a will drafted by an experienced solicitor may be challenged, so how much clearer are...
15 March 2013
Asking questions and challenging long-held assumptions
is essential to push a firm from one of many to one off,
says Julian Summerhayes
15 March 2013
Claims seeking to pierce the corporate veil bring up further unpredictabilily when involving foreign companies, says James Maton
15 March 2013
Peter Hill looks at whether the Social Value Act will ensure that
procurement of public services really is for the public good
15 March 2013
Adrienne Copithorne looks at the impact of EU law on domestic environmental law and what happens when an Environmental Impact Assessment is not...
14 March 2013
When investigating title to land it’s essential to
pay attention to even a passing comment from
your client, believes John Coulter
14 March 2013
Offering the occasional freebie to a loyal client can help to cement valuable relationships but accidentally billing for it will have the opposite...
8 March 2013
Squatting in a residential property became an offence in September 2012, but it will be up to the courts to determine whether an existing trespasser...
8 March 2013
Immigration lawyers want to continue helping vulnerable migrants, but are struggling to see a way forward. Fiona Bawdon reports on a new model
that...
8 March 2013
Law firms are finally moving their IT departments into more strategic roles, says Damian Blackburn as he drops in at this year’s Legal IT show
8 March 2013
Despite the many challenges litigation lawyers face, it remains their responsibility to embrace the forthcoming Jackson rules and interpret them...
8 March 2013
Magnus Hassett considers current trends in lease renewals, a recent case
on nuisance covenants, the most recent revision to the energy efficiency...
8 March 2013
Oliver Hunt and Simon Thorp consider the transfer of rugby players before their contract has ended and the future of Pay TV
