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The right direction?

The recent case of the young woman who refused treatment after fatally poisoning herself should be regarded as a sign of respect for patients' autonomy,...

Be my witness

The latest amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules will improve the rules on expert witnesses and new automatic orders will reduce the workload of district...

South coast: moving on but still cautious

Law firms are leaving the recession behind and gearing themselves up for the Clementi roll out – some are even thinking about external investment. Jean-Yves...

Update: health and safety

Zahra Nanji reviews cases demonstrating the balance between employees' responsibility to have regard for their own safety and welfare, and an employer's duty to ensure...

Update: commercial contracts

Sara Partington considers cases on unfair contract terms, the duty of care owed by those providing advice on websites, lack of clarity in email contracts,...

A judicial road trip

Richard Barr's latest 'Tales from practice' about his recent trip to Spalding (Solicitors Journal 153/37, 6 October 2009) got me thinking about some of the...

Number of LDPs exceeds 100 despite recession

The SRA has revealed that the number of Legal Disciplinary Partnerships (LDPs) now in existence stands at 109.

RSPCA not "legally obliged" to fight battle over Yorkshire widow's will

A war of words has erupted after a Yorkshire woman won a battle to inherit her mother's farm, even though it was bequeathed to the...