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Life in crime

Beware unmeritorious appeals, says Lucy Corrin as she warns that poor legal advice will result in court orders that time served in custody will not...

REACH's impact on personal injury

New requirements under European chemicals legislation will have major implications for safety lawyers, says Victoria Handley

A decade on from reform

The changes to the civil procedure rules following the Woolf report were implemented ten years ago, but have they delivered the intended fairer results at...

Inferring discrimination from a failure to reply to questionnaires

Tribunals should not automatically draw inferences that an employer's failure to respond to a discrimination questionnaire indicates guilt. David Massarella reports

Update: landlord and tenant

Milton McIntosh reviews the latest cases on service charges, rent reviews, alienation, forfeiture and business teancies

Choosing the best

Do not treat your firm's website like a second-rate flyer, says Russell Conway

The difficult science of parentage identification

Parentage identification is required in an increasing number of cases, in particular those brought under the Children Act 1989, says Noel Arnold

European briefing

The new mediation directive is a further example of how the EU's sphere of competence has gradually extended into the classic areas of private law...