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Update: intellectual property
Solicitors Journal

Update: intellectual property

Susan Singleton considers ongoing developments in smell-alike cases, internet marketing, malicious falsehood and pharma dominance
Update: education
Solicitors Journal

Update: education

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
Learning the hard way
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Learning the hard way

Since its creation, the Supreme Court has been successful in educating the public and improving media relations, but one year on it faces several challenges – not least impending budget cuts which could threaten its educative role, says Tom Cross
Law will tear us apart
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Law will tear us apart

Justices are fiddling with top-dollar divorces while normal families burn, says Marilyn Stowe
Taking the fall
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Taking the fall

A Court of Appeal ruling clarifying occupiers' liability has come as a relief to landowners worried about being held responsible for the consequences of visitors' risky activities, says Paul McClorey
Yorkshire: battle of the brands
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Yorkshire: battle of the brands

As we edge closer to the full force of the Legal Services Act, firms are increasingly focusing on their 'brand' to differentiate themselves – and Yorkshire lawyers are making sure they're ahead of the game. Jean-Yves Gilg reports
Information overload
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Information overload

A recent case on Data Protection Act requests sheds some light on solicitors' duties, but further clarification is needed, says Seamus Smyth
Update: agriculture
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Update: agriculture

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