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Update: professional negligence

Victoria Brackett and Sophie Davies consider immunity from suit for experts, scope of duty for solicitors, and a recent shot in the arm for brokers

Green grass

There's nothing like a spot of comparative law to rekindle respect for our criminal justice system, writes Benjamin Newton

Meeting of minds

EXCLUSIVE! The words 'interesting' and 'conference' aren't always mutually exclusive, reveals Marilyn Stowe

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...