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11 Aug 2009

Take two

The court may allow fresh evidence on appeal, but where it was admissable at trial it will only be permitted in exceptional circumstances, says Benjamin Newton

11 Aug 2009

No doubt

Employers should avoid ambiguity in their medical questionnaires to ensure they recruit staff who are able to effectively perform their roles, says Sarah Jane Turcan

11 Aug 2009

Learning from experience

Parliament should look at the cohabitation regime in Scotland to bring greater certainty for unmarried couples in England and Wales, says Leonie Burke

11 Aug 2009

Too little, too late

Proposed changes seeking to limit the extent of owners' liability under the Animals Act are unnecessary as the courts have already set high standards for claimants, say Michael McNally and Giles Mooney

4 Aug 2009

Friends in high places

‘Diversification' is a buzz word very much in vogue at the moment. It is important to have a diverse profession, a diverse judiciary, and presumably diverse participants in the whole jolly thing, without whom we are all twiddling our thumbs and fiddling with paperclips. Curiously, everybody feels that they are on the wrong end of diversification, except for (almost) the very people without whom we are all twiddling our thumbs and fiddling with paperclips.

4 Aug 2009

Update: licensing

Roy Light discusses underage sales of alcohol, private hire licences and out of area working, licence conditions and the responsibilities of premises licence holders

4 Aug 2009

Update: wills and probate

Helen Bryant considers cases involving claims by extended family members under the Inheritance Act, proving secret trusts, propriety estoppel and inheritance tax

4 Aug 2009

Read between the lines

The European Court of Justice decision that computer processes which read and make temporary copies of published work should be regarded as breaching copyright is illogical, says Paul Stanley