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Unlocking the value

Research or valuation of a chattel that increases its value ?is grounds for lien. Ruth Hughes considers the judgment ?in Spencer v S Franses Ltd

Passport to freedom

Property lawyers may have little option but to join the Conveyancing Quality Scheme, but the real challenge is to offer a truly professional service not...

Outlawed

The government proudly ratcheted its fights against compensation culture and rising insurance costs on 9 September by announcing a ban on referral fees. The majority...

All inclusive

Litigants agreeing on part 36 offers before starting proceedings often include terms about their respective costs pre-litigation – but it's not always that simple, says...

Taking credit

Despite the limits to the scope of the unfair contract terms regulations set by the Supreme Court in the bank charges case, the courts remain...

Update: health and safety

Zahra Nanji explores several cases on employers' duties

Men with faces

London has had its fair share of serious rioting over the past 1,000 years and public authorities have responded in different ways, but, when it...

Not to be trifled with

I had sleepless nights over trifles. It just wasn't right that the law should not concern itself with trifles. It seemed so arbitrary and unfair...