Sara Partington discusses the government's change of mind over bailiffs' enforcement powers, unfair bank charges, the duty of care of directors, the ongoing saga of 'service by Facebook', and the payment of sums due under an agreement, together with agreed contractual interest rates
Simon Gibbs considers the potential impact of the Jackson review on the costs industry, the definition of a trial in the context of conditional fee agreements, and disclosure requirements
With the number of experts willing to take on medico-legal work falling, and those that do failing to keep up to date with their area of expertise, solicitors should think carefully before instructing them, says DJ David Oldham
When making an application for third party disclosure, practitioners must put together a convincing case that the order sought is not a fishing expedition and does not affect third party rights, says Masood Ahmed
The House of Lords has recently restricted the scope of strict liability for defective work equipment but employers could still be liable for negligence, particularly when employees use vehicles for work purposes, says Susan Dearden
My Mum and Dad are retired teachers. Not being pushy parents I don't think they much minded which career path I chose as I neared the end of my schooling – as long as it wasn't teaching.
All over the place there are notices up in robing rooms that ask us: have you ever thought of a judicial career? They are a bit like those “Your Country Needs You†posters, but without the moustache. For much of our careers the answer to the question, like so many questions posed on posters and advertisements, has been a pretty clear: “No, actually.†Being a judge seems so far away from what we do – being unnaturally quiet, not getting worked up about the outcome of the hearing, fooling about with your mates in the robing room and so on – that it appears to be an alien job, existing in a parallel universe to the court rooms that we inhabit.
