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Update: commercial contracts

Mark Lucas considers cases that throw further light on how the courts deal with drafting errors in commercial contracts

Update: construction

Anna Stillman considers apparent bias in adjudication proceedings, the interpretation of a condition precedent in a trade contract, liquidated damages, and changes to the Technology...

Following orders

The 53rd CPR update tightens the rules on possession orders, giving more power to the courts and a warning to mortgagees

The British way

Jeannie Mackie reflects on the new murder defences

Personality transplant

It has been suggested that you don't need a personality to work in the law – even that it's better if you haven't got one.

Lord Young facebooked in bid to ban claims management companies

Lord Young, whose report on compensation culture is expected on 15 October, has been facebooked by a prominent personal injury lawyer over advertising for personal...

ARP clean-up 'a success', says regulator

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has recovered more than £750,000 in unpaid insurance premiums since starting to crack down on firms in the assigned risks pool...

Councils launch judicial reviews over school building projects

Nottingham City Council, Luton Borough Council and Waltham Forest in London have launched judicial reviews against education secretary Michael Gove's decision to scrap the building...