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20 Oct 2009

Update: health and safety

Zahra Nanji reviews cases demonstrating the balance between employees' responsibility to have regard for their own safety and welfare, and an employer's duty to ensure health and safety procedures are followed

20 Oct 2009

South coast: moving on but still cautious

Law firms are leaving the recession behind and gearing themselves up for the Clementi roll out – some are even thinking about external investment. Jean-Yves Gilg reports

20 Oct 2009

Be my witness

The latest amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules will improve the rules on expert witnesses and new automatic orders will reduce the workload of district judges, says DJ Paul Mildred

20 Oct 2009

The right direction?

The recent case of the young woman who refused treatment after fatally poisoning herself should be regarded as a sign of respect for patients' autonomy, says Seamus Burns

20 Oct 2009

Overlapping interference

For all the differences between trespass and nuisance, the courts have appeared ready to accept the possibility of overlap, says Mark Pawlowski

20 Oct 2009

At your disposal

On top of their main statutory obligations when selling land, charities must be aware of a whole host of other possible constraints, says Jane Lonergan

20 Oct 2009

A judicial road trip

Richard Barr's latest 'Tales from practice' about his recent trip to Spalding (Solicitors Journal 153/37, 6 October 2009) got me thinking about some of the far flung corners of England I've visited in my career.

14 Oct 2009

Freedom of Information Handbook (2nd edition)

ISBN: 978-1853286544