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DJ Philips in da court house
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DJ Philips in da court house

Regular readers – and I am grateful to both of them – might be surprised by the tone of this column. I am not bitching. I am not complaining. Weirdly, I am positive and forward looking and have hope singing in my wizened heart. I have spent a day at the West London Dedicated Drugs Court, where good people try to do good things.
Clinical negligence and PI
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Clinical negligence and PI

Dr Jock Mackenzie on causation and general practitioners, and Vijay Ganapathy on success fees, ex turpi causa and untraced drivers
Risky business
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Risky business

The new conduct rules are insufficient to ensure that the profession begins to treat risk management assessments seriously, argues Miles Geffin
Reality television
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Reality television

Justin Michaelson and Adam Pollack consider whether the recent media phone-in scandals may encourage greater use of British “class action”
Update: wills, probate and trusts
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Update: wills, probate and trusts

Catherine McAleavey on appointing replacement executors and joint accounts, with Catherine Sanders on possession and retiring trustees
Look before you sign on the line
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Look before you sign on the line

If you sign cheques make sure that you limit the number of signatories . In a recent fraud investigation, a long serving accounts clerk used seven different signatories to sign petty cash cheques on a rotational basis.