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The rising influence of information technology in PII

Jitendra Valera discusses the benefits to firms of an effective practice and case management system

Claims: why manage the risk?

Michelle Garlick discusses how firms can improve their claims record and reduce their PII premiums

Changing times of solicitors' PII

The solicitors' professional indemnity insurance market is tough and will get tougher if the SRA's proposals are implemented, believes Steve Holland

Cromwell's ghost

Some tax-compliant Americans have strong reasons to stay offshore, says Derek Sambrook

A light touch for rights of light injunctions

Developers can start to feel more confident; adjoining owners are becoming less likely to hold up development due to recent court decisions, says Robert Kelly

The politics of fracking

A sensible governmental response to concerns over hydraulic fracturing would involve making intrusions beneath a certain depth non-trespassory, says David Stockley

Protecting rights to light

Do we need legislation on rights to light? Warren Gordon reports

Criminal squatters can acquire title to land

Marc Glover and Philip Rainey QC discuss the recent case of Best that saw a successful claim for adverse possession through criminal trespass