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27 Oct 2006

Faith lift

Imran Benson considers the Law Commission's proposal to review the law of insurance contracts and asks: is this the end of good faith?

27 Oct 2006

Mental capacity

As 'Make a Will' month begins, Dr Keith Rix reports on the assessment of mental capacity in elderly clients

20 Oct 2006

Regional focus : Greater London

High street civil practices in Greater London are being forced to reinvent themselves or face an uncertain future. Jean-Yves Gilg reports

20 Oct 2006

Lots in common

When is a common not a common? Richard Honey reports on the changes effected by the Commons Act 2006

20 Oct 2006

Tribunal trials

Alan Murdie reports on the potential impact of Draft Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill

20 Oct 2006

Agency drivers

Can a commercial goods vehicle operator avoid being prosecuted for not having an operator licence because the driver is neither his employee nor agent? Anthony Ostrin and Lynne Townley report

20 Oct 2006

Three's a crowd?

M v M: Tony Roe reports on subpoenas on third parties in ancillary relief proceedings

20 Oct 2006

Tales from practice: back to the future

The preparations went on all day, with carcasses of meat and dozens of fowl of different sizes and descriptions being prepared in the cellars of the Great Hall. Young children struggled past with huge platters laden down with swan, venison and mutton. It was not quite as splendid as the feast that took place a few days earlier in Dublin to mark the end of the Crimean War (involving three tons of potatoes, 250 hams, 200 geese and 250 joints of beef), but it was close.