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Tales from practice

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Normal for Norfolk

Vol 154 no 31 10-08-2010

Bill Bryson the travel writer confessed in one of his early books that he came from Iowa because “somebody had to”.

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Smoke signals

Vol 154 no 22 08-06-2010

Don’t think you can escape that easily. When you retire from the stress of the office to tend your roses do not expect a peaceful life, for the anxiety caused by a sick rose causes no less angst than the managing partner visiting you with...

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Taking the sugar pill

Vol 154 No 27 13-07-2010

“When your baby dies, don’t sue me,” warned the angry obstetrician when my wife (as she then wasn’t) refused his advice to stay in hospital because her as yet unborn son was stubbornly in the breech position. The obstetrician said there...

Behind bars

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What's the Big Idea?

Vol 154 no 29 27-07-2010

We live in interesting times. That is of course an ancient Chinese curse – may you live in interesting times means may you have plagues, disasters, political upheavals, warlords, murrains, unsightly warts on the nose and, of course, coalitions....

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SJ interviews

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Judge for yourself

Vol 154 no 13 06-04-2010

Negotiated settlements bring savings for litigants and for the courts, and the parties are more likely to have a workable solution – so why aren’t more disputes going to mediation? DJ Monty Trent talks to Jean-Yves Gilg about his plans to...

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Supreme craftsmanship

Vol 153 no 46 08-12-2009

Set up as a modern, independent institution, the Supreme Court has already started developing its own ways. In his first interview, Lord Hope talks to Jean-Yves Gilg about how judgments are fashioned

Blogs

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Yoda position

Vol 154 no 25 29-06-2010

Social media has the potential to transform the way firms do business, but practitioners must develop a comprehensive strategy to reap the full benefits, says Julian Summerhayes

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Summer in YaleFree

Vol 154 no 22 08-06-2010

Elizabeth Watts, trainee solicitor at Hempsons, is taking time out of her traineeship to spend two months over the summer at the Yale Interdisciplinary Centre for Bioethics. She will be writing fortnightly posts on her experiences for...

Felix

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The best medicine

Vol 154 no 32 17-08-2010

Do you ever sit across the table from a client and wonder why you are on one side of the table and they are on the other? I have this terrible anxiety that I shall come back to earth in another life and find myself as a career criminal,...

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View from the bench

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Split decision

Vol 154 no 31 10-08-2010

Guidance on split hearings from the president of the Family Division provides welcome clarification and will prevent unnecessary confrontation, says DJ Michael Buckley

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Measure for measure

Vol 154 no 22 08-06-2010

The Insolvency Amendment Rules 2010 bring in a range of measures designed to modernise insolvency legislation. DJ Andrew Saffman outlines the main changes

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Setting the stage

Vol 154 no 18 11-05-2010

The long-awaited revised procedure for low-value RTA claims introduces staged payments for solicitors and should mean injured claimants are compensated more quickly. DJ Paul Mildred takes a closer look at the three stages of the process

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Wood for the trees

Vol 154 no 14 13-04-2010

The number of merely descriptive revisions brought in by the 51st CPR update masks the presence of a few more significant ones, says DJ Julie Exton

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Make my day

Vol 154 no 9 09-03-2010

Practitioners should consider a few elementary practicalities before rushing to complete an application to enforce, says DJ Tim Jenkins

 
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