Archive

On value burgers and legal services

Jonathan Smithers asks what the horse meat scandal can 'teach lawyers about the free market and consumer expectations

Revisiting co-insurance

With insurance law under thorough review by the ?Law Commission, Gerald Swaby asks whether the UK should ?adopt the international approach to fraud by co-insured parties

Lord Lester rallies supporters of Defamation Bill

Warning that bill could be lost if Puttnam amendment succeeds

Life in crime | Former young offenders have been given a second chance by the court

Benjamin Newton is pleased that young offenders haunted by their actions in later life have been given a reprieve by the courts

Workshop: The consultation condundrum: how to conduct a consultation

Rebecca Clutten considers the who, what, why and when of consultations

Update | Personal injury: vicarious liability outside employer and employee relationships

Vijay Ganapathy considers ?the test for vicarious liability outside the relationship of employer and employee ?and issues relating to ?asbestos and industrial ?disease cases

Update | Education: Is plagiarism a strict liability offence?

Salima Mawji and Asma Nizami ask if ?plagiarism is a strict liability offence

European briefing | Defining possession in the European Court of Justice

The European Court of Justice has struck the right ?balance with property rights, comments Paul Stanley