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Gender 'wars

It is a period of injustice. Equality activists, ?striking from their hidden bases, have won their ?latest victory against the evil gender pay gap. During...

The ever-increasing cost of prosthetic limbs

RA Shepherd and Gordon Wilson discuss the costs and benefits of technological advances in the prosthetics sector

Top trumps

A close familial tie or geographic proximity will not act as a trump card when the courts decide who to appoint as deputy

What's in a word?

It is disappointing to find that there is currently a gradual departure from the presumption of capacity among professionals, which is the first principle of...

Developments in alternative dispute resolution

CIArb discusses the launch of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on ADR and a new business arbitration scheme designed to provide companies with a quicker and...

Surviving three generations

Kate Hodson looks at the Asia Pacific experience of family offices and considers whether they can help to retain family wealth until the fabled third...

Clinical negligence 'round-up

Dr Jock Mackenzie provides an overview of recent case law, ?including a decision on the liability of A&E receptionists and ?claims regarding negligent treatment in...

Commercial contracts 'that are as free as a bird

Mark Lucas looks at recent developments that will give contracting parties more ?freedom from interference by the courts and protect against modern slavery