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Resident evil

Richard Jordan explains how to avoid residency traps when taking up employment abroad

Update: clinical negligence

Dr Jock Mackenzie considers the latest rulings on a GP's duty during youth referrals and looks at how two obstetric cases have shed light on causation

Costume drama

I was recently on a train journey, dressed in my 'normal' clothes and flicking through a legal mag when a po-faced lady sitting opposite me enquired if I was heading to an interview.

'No low level' for asbestos exposure after Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court has held that employers are liable for mesothelioma contracted by their staff even if exposure to asbestos was “very small”.

Warnings over conveyancing 'consultants'

More than 600 law firms have applied to join the Law Society's conveyancing scheme (CQS). A spokesman for the society said that, by the end of last week, 610 firms had applied to join the scheme with 17 accredited.

Regulator not expecting ABS 'deluge'

Only a small number of law firms and other organisations will be applying to become alternative business structures by ABS day, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has predicted.

Baroness Scotland returns to the Bar

Baroness Scotland, the former Attorney General, is returning to the Bar, family law set 4 Paper Buildings announced today.

Employers liable for low levels of exposure to asbestos, Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court has held that employers are liable for mesothelioma contracted by their staff even if exposure to asbestos was “very small”.