Legal Features

Articles

A rough guide to NEC contracts'

Chris Holwell identifies the key points that non-construction lawyers should be aware of to avoid being caught out by NEC contracts, particularly with regard to terminology

How to make compliance work for you

Compliance is often perceived as a cross to bear, but putting procedures in place to manage risk and engaging with employees can lessen the burden, says Victoria Simpson

Untangling the web: UK competition law after Brexit

With competition one of the areas where EU and domestic law are most closely intertwined, Becket McGrath considers the legal disruption involved in separating the two regimes and forming a replacement trading model

Mind your language

While the court was highly critical of Denbighshire County Council's decision to close a Welsh-language primary school, the judgment may only be a short-lived victory, writes Ane Vernon

Rights of third-country nationals

Paul Stanley QC discusses the extent to which parents who are not EU citizens can derive EU rights of residence from their dependent children

Are you ready for the new CPD system?

As solicitors prepare to switch to the continuing competence regime, Jennifer Williamson considers whether much will change in practice for the profession

Costs budgeting after Sarpd

David Cooper discusses the confusion surrounding incurred costs that the Court of Appeal decision has created for practitioners

The value of self-reporting

SFO v XYZ demonstrates that the approval of a deferred prosecution agreement is not merely a rubber-stamping exercise, explain John Bramhall and Jonathan Brogden