Commercial

Articles

Valuing agency

Compensation for termination of agency should be calculated by reference to the resale value – but how should that value be set, asks Stephen Sidkin

South West: beating the downturn

As the credit crunch tightens its grip lawyers in the South West respond with a realistic but upbeat approach to the challenge, says Jean-Yves Gilg

Improbable golden goose

The regulation of claims farmers may have tidied up the market but web-based referral services are still mostly a waste of time and money, says...

Update: employment

Sue Ashtiany reviews recent cases on equal pay, age and religious discrimination, and compensation for failure to take up employment

Sleeping is not working

Resident carers are set to reappear in catastrophic injury litigation, says Victoria Coleman

Part of the package

Only some of the passengers on the Qantas flight forced to make an emergency landing in Manila could seek compensation for psychological shock, says David...

Practice makes perfect

Law courses that offer more practical elements to help to prepare students for the rigours of practice should be embraced as attractive to students and...

Outsourcing TUPE

The first rulings by the employment courts on the outsourcing aspects of the new TUPE regulations have reintroduced the uncertainty the revised rules intended to...