Archive

Update: tax and trusts

With the third Finance Act of the year to be published shortly, it has been a rollercoaster period for practitioners, writes David Bird

Update: commercial property

Ben Brayford and Eugene McMahon consider the recent OFT guidance on land agreements, what recent case law tells us about tenants' break clauses and a ruling on how to fend off a fixtures and fittings dispute

In with the new

The new regime for the Patents County Court should improve the process for handling intellectual property disputes – but efficient court management will be vital to its success, says Patrick Wheeler

Out in the cold

Lawyers must step in to fight the systematic neglect of homeless people caused by cash-strapped councils, says Zia Nabi

Dead end street

DJ Peter Glover considers the unlikely survival of the Lower Street rule

Money spinning

The Young report is fundamentally flawed but at least it takes Jackson into account, argue Professor John Peysner and Dr Angus Nurse

Maybe baby

Even a working mum feels the pang of fear when an employee starts a family, confesses Marilyn Stowe

Trouble on oiled waters

It was like a modern day version of Hansel and Gretel but without the romance, the wicked witch or even the charm.