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Honey-based medical dressing can be patented

A patent for a honey-based medical dressing was not invalid on the ground of obviousness, appeal judges have ruled.

How to increase energy levels and beat the January blues

By Neil May, Executive Manager, Hogan Lovells

Educate and inspire

The town of St Gallen, just off Lake Constance in the east of Switzerland, is best known for its picturesque old streets and world heritage abbey. It also has one of the best management schools in Europe, rivalling the likes of the London Business School and Insead, and its university is home to a successful international annual student-run business symposium. Last weekend it was also host to an unusual initiative: the so-called KickOff session of this year's Law Without Walls.

In the driving seat

Chris Makin reveals how creative mediation worked wonders in several motor car cases

Lend a hand

Do not underestimate the importance of complying with mortgage lenders' requirements, warns Richard Twyford as he explains how you can meet their standards

Direct delivery

The VAT exemption for cost sharing groups will improve the delivery of services by not-for-profit organisations, says Shivaji Shiva, but there are still obstacles and concerns to tackle

The Energy Act

How will the government's 'green deal' affect conveyancers and their clients? John Coulter reports

No damage done

Abolishing experts' immunity won't change anything, argues Seamus Smyth