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Cover story: Profiting through the pinch

Originally from Legal Marketing magazine vol 3 Issue 4: Graham Jarvis offers his advice on how best to respond to a recession.

Update: landlord and tenant

Milton McIntosh reviews the latest cases relating to oral agreements, rent review arbitrations, damages claims and forfeiture of deposit where assignments are not completed

Update: consumer

Jenny Howe considers the planned simplification of consumer legislation, the first case under the Unfair Trading Regulations, doorstep selling, and price comparison websites

No restitutionary remedies for cartel victims

Some will regard the ruling that cartel victims do not have a claim for restitutionary damages as a backward step but Tony Singla says this is the correct approach

Another brick in the wall

Disputes over work to party walls are on the rise, but recent judgments have helped to clarify several provisions of the Party Wall Act, says Stephen Bickford-Smith

Virtual worlds, real consequences

Social networking sites have lured users into a false sense of confidentiality, but personal details held on these sites can be accessed and used by employers against employees – how far can this go, asks Sarah Crowther

No silent agreements

In leasehold enfranchisement, obtaining a decision from the LVT on purchase price does not amount to agreement of the terms by tenants, explains Lucy Barber

All things being equal

In promoting equality and diversity, the SRA needs to rethink its targets for investigation and how it identifies risk, say Yamini Paramesan and Michelle Garlick