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Update: clinical negligence

Dr Jock Mackenzie considers the latest rulings on a GP's duty during youth referrals and looks at how two obstetric cases have shed light on causation

Resident evil

Richard Jordan explains how to avoid residency traps when taking up employment abroad

Update: environment

Adrienne Copithorne considers the Habitats Directive, environmental impact assessments and European court rulings on NGOs and demolition works

Variations on a theme

Can Face2Face Solicitors really call itself a franchise? asks Stuart Bushell

Child benefits

Kim Beatson and Shelley Cumbers investigate whether the family courts are beginning to adopt a more child-centric approach in matters of leave to remove

Single minded

Could the forthcoming public equality duty reforms actually be a step backwards? Kiran Daurka reports

Raise the roof

Proportionality defences have been given the go ahead by the Supreme Court – but they will only succeed in exceptional circumstances, says Tracey Bloom

Costume drama

I was recently on a train journey, dressed in my 'normal' clothes and flicking through a legal mag when a po-faced lady sitting opposite me enquired if I was heading to an interview.