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10 Aug 2007

DJ Philips in da court house

Regular readers – and I am grateful to both of them – might be surprised by the tone of this column. I am not bitching. I am not complaining. Weirdly, I am positive and forward looking and have hope singing in my wizened heart. I have spent a day at the West London Dedicated Drugs Court, where good people try to do good things.

3 Aug 2007

Clinical negligence and PI

3 Aug 2007

Clinical negligence and PI

Dr Jock Mackenzie on causation and general practitioners, and Vijay Ganapathy on success fees, ex turpi causa and untraced drivers

3 Aug 2007

Risky business

The new conduct rules are insufficient to ensure that the profession begins to treat risk management assessments seriously, argues Miles Geffin

3 Aug 2007

Reality television

Justin Michaelson and Adam Pollack consider whether the recent media phone-in scandals may encourage greater use of British “class action”

27 Jul 2007

Update: wills, probate and trusts

Catherine McAleavey on appointing replacement executors and joint accounts, with Catherine Sanders on possession and retiring trustees

27 Jul 2007

Look before you sign on the line

If you sign cheques make sure that you limit the number of signatories . In a recent fraud investigation, a long serving accounts clerk used seven different signatories to sign petty cash cheques on a rotational basis.

27 Jul 2007

Topping up the piggy

Unless we can predict our death, corporate pension provision remains the best option for employers and employees, says Robin Ellison