Solicitors Journal

Updates

Update: media

Vol 154 no 33 07-09-2010

Rod Dadak considers the potential reform of defamation and privacy laws, the status of the fair comment defence and a case on qualified privilege involving allegations of police corruption

Update: police

Vol 154 no 33 07-09-2010

The decision to suspend stop-and-search powers is just the tip of the iceberg in a year full of significant developments in police law, writes Sophie Khan

Update: agriculture

Vol 154 no 32 17-08-2010

Falling branches, dung deadlines and the civil liberties of soft furry things - Simon Blackburn reports on an eventful summer in agricultural law

Anita Chopra and Salima Mawji consider the Academies Act, special educational needs, pupils assaulting teachers, appeals against admission decisions, exclusions and students unhappy with decisions of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator

Update: intellectual property

Vol 154 no 32 17-08-2010

Susan Singleton considers ongoing developments in smell-alike cases, internet marketing, malicious falsehood and pharma dominance

Update: commercial property

Vol 154 no 31 10-08-2010

Paired-down perpetuities law is a welcome step, but the courts have left us wanting in the Good Harvest decision, say Eugene McMahon and Jonathan Ross

Update: personal tax and trusts

Vol 154 no 31 10-08-2010

Hastings-Bass is the rule that keeps on giving, says David Bird

Update: wills and probate

Vol 154 no 30 03-08-2010

Helen Bryant reviews the share transfers in private companies, stakeholder pensions and death benefit, joint bank accounts and inheritance tax valuation

Update: licensing

Vol 154 no 30 03-08-2010

Roy Light considers late representations, ambushing the prosecution and various regulatory measures introduced in the leisure industry – including the new Licensing Act mandatory conditions

Update: employment

Vol 154 no 29 27-07-2010

Sue Ashtiany considers how the Equality Act is shaping up, wrongful dismissal payments, compromise agreements, perceived disability and age discrimination

Update: road traffic

Vol 154 no 29 27-07-2010

Stuart Andrews reviews several recent cases revealing the challenging and unpredictable nature of contributory negligence

Update: costs

Vol 154 no 28 20-07-2010

Naming the wrong defendant on your CFA agreement can be a costly business, writes Simon Gibbs

Update: children

Vol 154 no 28 20-07-2010

Noel Arnold looks at developments in special guardianship and which way the pendulum of leave to remove precedent is currently swinging

Update: family

Vol 154 No 26 06-07-2010

Lynne Passmore considers the outlook for unmarried couples after Kernott, post-separation income, arrears under a maintenance pending suit order and whether a clean break is possible when a family business is involved

Update: housing

Vol 154 No 26 06-07-2010

Giles Peaker reflects on what the new government means for the Tenants Services Authority, the private rental sector and assured shorthold tenancies, the continuing uncertainty over tenancy deposit schemes, and the public law defence

Update: insolvency

Vol 154 no 25 29-06-2010

Courts are grappling with challenges to the new 'flat pack' bankruptcies, say David Archer and Alan Shenton

Update: clinical negligence

Vol 154 no 25 29-06-2010

Jock Mackenzie considers three cases on surgical performance and a decision on whether a hospital owed a non-delegable duty

Update: residential property

Vol 154 no 24 22-06-2010

Janet Armstrong-Fox bids farewell to HIPS and reviews the risk of losing the benefit of an easement, the new Consumer Code for Home Builders, developer delays and the rights of joint tenants