Professional negligence

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Update: professional negligence

Spike Charlwood and Alice Nash review the latest cases on dishonesty, limitation and witness immunity, and consider how the principles of 'loss of a chance'...

A fertile subject

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 has opened up new definitions of parenthood potentially affecting the work of all private client practitioners, from will-writers...

It's a long, unclear story

The House of Lords has referred O'Byrne to the Court of Justice for a second time, but are we expecting too much by insisting on...

Quantum matters

The new road traffic accident claims reforms leave much to be desired when it comes to the principles of justice and equity, says Oliver Millington

Demanding times

As the credit crunch bites harder,and recession looms large, what can we expect the insolvency landscape to look like over the next six months? asks...

Trends: property

Some forward-thinking conveyancing practices are seeing the current property market downturn not as a disaster, but an opportunity. Jenny Ramage reports

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...

Watching the watchdog

After a setback in its price-fixing case against supermarkets and a temporary victory in the bank charges, is the Office of Fair Trading really the...