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Brave new world: Jersey in wake of economic crisis

Geoff Cook highlights some of the key issues facing Jersey and other international financial centres in the wake of the economic crisis

Competitor alliance: Why cooptition is a business imperative

Firms should cooperate with competitors to secure their future in the ?new world order, says Dr Frank-Jürgen Richter, chairman of Horasis

Bleak prognosis makes force-feeding ruling questionable

The decision that an anorexic woman should receive treatment unnecessarily prolongs her suffering, argues Barbara Hewson

Battling the surveillance state

The High Court has ruled that the policy on the retention of personal data is unlawful, and warned of its negative impact. So why, instead of issuing new guidance that would have cracked down on police overstepping the mark, has the government chosen to champion new legislation that will similarly trample the rights of innocent people? Anna Mazzola and Najma Rasul report

Alphabetti spaghetti: Litigating in the Court of Protection

A guide to litigating in the Court of Protection, by Barbara Hewson

Workshop: Handling leave to remove cases

Shikha Datta outlines the key points to consider whether you're acting for the relocating parent or the party opposing the move

Are the UK's sanctions against Iran's state bank legitimate?

The Supreme Court has granted private shareholders of Bank Mellat permission to intervene in the bank's challenge to HM Treasury over the financial restrictions order it has imposed on it, which they say is unlawful and in breach of international public policy. Sarosh Zaiwalla explores their arguments

The contradictory approach to deprivation of liberty

The Court of Appeal and the Strasbourg court are developing inconsistent approaches to the concept 'of consent to confinement 'and deprivation of liberty, 'says David Hewitt