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Make hay while the sun shines: Shirt v Shirt

Shirt v Shirt reinforces the importance of written agreements in family farming partnerships, says Christopher McNall

Selling to strengths: Business development for introverts and extroverts

Douglas McPherson discusses how to create tailored BD plans for introverts and extroverts

Terrorists or freedom fighters?

The interpretation by the National Offender 'Management Service of extremism gives too 'much prominence to a psychological approach that 'de-contextualises the offender and fails to...

An Englishman abroad

Mark Jones explores the tricky issue of domicile of origin over domicile of choice in Morris v Davies

Revisiting the approach to contractual interpretation

The courts have reinstated a welcome common sense 'approach to the interpretation of commercial contracts, 'say Conrad Walker and Helen Rowlands

When to apply for a debt relief order

Alec Samuels explains who qualifies for the order, the process of applying for one 'and how creditors are protected from unscrupulous behaviour

A new proportionality test without accompanying guidance will be disastrous

How can we advise clients when we don't know how to apply this new rule? asks Simon Gibbs

Workshop: commercial: Registering trademarks

Robert MacGinn and Jonathan Silverman explain the steps to take 'when considering a brand or company name for a client