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14 Jul 2009

An evidentiary nightmare

Except for 'cost plus' situations, 'passing on' in antitrust cases is difficult to prove, meaning that European courts will need to tread carefully, says David Shapiro

14 Jul 2009

Hot property

The ruling in Orams will not just affect property owners in northern Cyprus; it could have ramifications for buyers in other European countries with unsettled legal systems. Jenny Ramage reports

14 Jul 2009

Piggy in the middle

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has clarified that 'piggyback' claims can be brought but it has left many questions unanswered, says Cheryl Edmonds

14 Jul 2009

Ethos and ethnicity

The ruling on the definition of Jewishness is likely to have consequences for the broader education system beyond schools' admissions policy, says Barbara Hewson

7 Jul 2009

Lawyers without frontiers: Colombian fears

British lawyers must continue to support their Colombian counterparts faced with death threats for trying to defend human rights, says Sara Chandler

7 Jul 2009

Update: police and criminal evidence

Kim Bouwer rounds up the latest cases on privacy, police retention of evidence, powers of search and release of information to a third party

7 Jul 2009

Update: housing

Sarah McKeown reviews cases involving succession, possession, negligence, the Children Act and the Human Rights Act

7 Jul 2009

A fine intervention

In taking a broad interpretation to the Commission's right to intervene in national competition cases the European court has made a sensible decision, says Paul Stanley