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29 Jul 2008

Practice makes perfect

Law courses that offer more practical elements to help to prepare students for the rigours of practice should be embraced as attractive to students and employers,says Philip Roberts

29 Jul 2008

Respect at the cutting edge

The media is full of the debate about knife crime. The London Evening Standard billboards are proclaiming almost daily about the latest murder and the almost inconceivable statistics about the amount of knife crime and related assaults that are occurring daily, weekly and annually.

22 Jul 2008

Outsourcing TUPE

The first rulings by the employment courts on the outsourcing aspects of the new TUPE regulations have reintroduced the uncertainty the revised rules intended to avoid, says Helena Davies

22 Jul 2008

Update: personal injury and clinical negligence

Asbestos exposure and lung cancer

22 Jul 2008

Update: local government

Christopher Baker reviews a series of decisions on the liability of local councils

22 Jul 2008

Communication breakdown

Keeping clients informed is not just a professional requirement, it also makes good business sense, says Andrew Goodall

22 Jul 2008

A bond salesman's word may not be his advice

Gloster J's detailed recent judgment in JP Morgan Chase v Springwell Navigation [2008] EWHC 1186 (Comm) indicates that 'experienced investors' in the bond markets will find it difficult to argue that banks – via their salesmen – owe them any advisory duty or responsibility for investment decisions, where this would be inconsistent with the disclaimers and other terms expressly set out in the deal documentation.

22 Jul 2008

The rise and fall of group actions: a front-line view

The cost-benefit approach taken to the granting of group litigation orders has undermined the purpose of the rules introduced to provide access to justice for claimants unable to fund litigation, says Andrew Prynne QC