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It's a jungle out there

The Hargreaves report is a fresh take on intellectual property law in the digital economy, says Martin Delafaille

Update: personal injury

Vijay Ganapathy considers the duty of care owed by a parent company to the employees of its subsidiaries, the dangers of expert shopping and withdrawal of an admission of liability

Cross country

William Joyce, better remembered by the name Lord Haw Haw because of his nasal drawl, spent the duration of the Second Word War broadcasting Nazi propaganda to approximately one sixth of the listening public.

Learning the game

Sebastian Chrispin's City seat shenanigans

ABS countdown

Stuart Bushell gets us ready for the LSA's big bang

Clarke's 50 per cent discount plan 'to be ditched'

Justice secretary Ken Clarke's plans to increase the discount on sentences for early guilty pleas from a third to 50 per cent will be ditched, Downing Street sources are reported to have told the media.

IP review urges government to take action

Current intellectual property law is stifling the economy but only serious government intervention can fix it, an inquiry has found.

Police guidelines on retaining DNA profiles are unlawful, Supreme Court rules

Guidelines used by the police to determine when they should destroy DNA profiles and fingerprints are unlawful and incompatible with article 8 of the ECHR, the Supreme Court has ruled.