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Update: employment

Sue Ashtiany considers the scope of employment contracts, victimisation, and the first case on information and consultation before the EAT

Sempra Metals (1): restitution revised

The House of Lords' decision in Sempra Metals sets the record straight for restitution claims under English and EU law, says Simon Whitehead

Sussex: the forgotten legal aid lawyers

The Sussex Law Society president remains optimistic that legal aid lawyers will make it through the Carter reforms. Jean-Yves Gilg reports

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.

Clinical negligence and PI

Clinical negligence and PI

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

Risky business

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

Reality television

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