Dr Jock Mackenzie considers cases on causation where there are several possible causes of injury; on the importance of timings to causation in cerebral palsy cases; and on factual dispute involving expert evidence
Janet Armstrong-Fox discusses recent cases on acceptance of a surrender of a lease, signing contracts on behalf of a client and serving a notice to recover the cost of works through a service charge
The new duty for trustees of charities to consider the impact of their decisions on the environment may be difficult to enforce, but it could help to justify spending funds on environmental activities, save money, boost the organisation's reputation, and generally drive through behavioural change, says Donald Taylor
For medical research charities to get involved with commercial activities may appear to go against their primary objectives, but these areas are more complex in the charity sector than in commercial business and third sector organisations play an essential role in advancing research, says Alasdair Poore
You can wake a sleeping animal if you stare at them intently enough. A cat, a dog, or even a slumbering husband, will start to twitch under your eyes, and then spark into wakefulness. It is an instinct from the days when eyes on your skin in the night meant someone had come to get you. And how often have you, when awake, known that someone was staring at you, and turned around to check who it was?
The House of Lords has recently restricted the scope of strict liability for defective work equipment but employers could still be liable for negligence, particularly when employees use vehicles for work purposes, says Susan Dearden
When making an application for third party disclosure, practitioners must put together a convincing case that the order sought is not a fishing expedition and does not affect third party rights, says Masood Ahmed
