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16 Feb 2007

Miracle cure?

The sleeping pill Zolpidem has recently been used with some success to revive patients in a permanent vegetative state. Laura Davidson asks where that leaves medical welfare declaratory applications for these patients

16 Feb 2007

Cinderella trusts

A&M trusts will disappear in April 2008. This may seem a long way away, but lawyers need to start reviewing their clients' investment options now, says Steven Heller

9 Feb 2007

How should environmental protection law be enforced?

The European Commission's draft directive last week proposing to criminalise breaches of environmental protection law has been received with scepticism by environmental lawyers.

9 Feb 2007

Banged up

Jail term inflation and death by dangerous driving: Robert Dalling tells a cautionary tale

9 Feb 2007

Just (not) married

A Rolling Stone, Moss and a gathering: Tony Roe asks, does this add up to a foreign marriage?

9 Feb 2007

Update: agriculture

William Barr looks at inheritance tax and agricultural property relief after Antrobus 2, and McKenna

9 Feb 2007

A defaulting tenant

Michael Goodman discusses the recent case of Reichman v Gauntlett

9 Feb 2007

Cindy Barnett

The Magistrates Association chairman shares her thoughts on a more efficient criminal justice system and community sentencing