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Law on the air

There are probably a few dozen of us who do it up and down the country. From time to time we creep into darkened rooms,...

Cracking the Crema egg

The Court of Appeal has decided market practice may be of use in contractual interpretation after all. So what should you do about it? Georgina...

Safety is not an 'unchanging concept'

Lord Mance has ruled that whether a factory is safe should be assessed by the “standards of the time” and there is “no such thing...

Leading law firm leverages £49 online wills service

Russell Jones and Walker's consumer-facing web-based legal service has delivered more than 1,200 online wills within a year of going live.

Human rights Grand Chamber rejects appeals on prisoner voting

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has rejected requests for referrals by the British government and by a Scottish prisoner over...

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Guaranteed to make you feel clever. Comparatively. Even dodos are more likely to get a job, according to research April 14 FLIP! Law students are...

Mobile home on farmland does not have statutory protection

A mobile home brought onto a field near Bromley, Kent, without the permission of the landowner is not protected under the Mobile Homes Act 1983,...

A third of commercial firms considering incorporation

Just under a third of larger commercial firms are considering incorporation as ABS day approaches, a survey by accountants Baker Tilly has found.