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Update: intellectual property

Patents and software: Macrossan Patents and jurisdictionPatent office opinions and mediation service'Free-riding' infringes trade marksRepresentative actions consultationDatabase rightsEU consultation on litigation costs coverIndications of originby...

Out with bullying

Bullying can have disastrous consequences, warns Jonathan Chamberlain

Expert immunity after GMC v Meadow

Nicholas Peacock and Charles Foster debate the consequences of the decision in GMC v Professor Sir Roy Meadow [2006] EWCA Civ 1390

Mental capacity

As 'Make a Will' month begins, Dr Keith Rix reports on the assessment of mental capacity in elderly clients

Faith lift

Imran Benson considers the Law Commission's proposal to review the law of insurance contracts and asks: is this the end of good faith?

Bankruptcy

The High Court decision in Randhawa fleshes out the nature of the recently introduced bankruptcy restriction order. Tim Akkouh reports

Update: dismissal law

Martin Edwards discusses reason for dismissal, lapsed warnings, dismissal on racial grounds, dismissal and disability, statutory dismissal procedure, 'no difference' principle and compensation.

Registering leases

Determining when and which leases must be registered under the Land Registration Act 2002 need not be complicated. Karen Baldwin provides a practical perspective