Archive

10 Mar 2009

Update: police and criminal evidence

Robert Buckland reviews a recent case on confiscation of the proceeds of crime, some of the less discussed parts of the new Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 and the most recent changes to the PACE Codes of Practice

10 Mar 2009

Update: professional negligence

Spike Charlwood and Alice Nash review the latest cases on limitation for loss claims, the standard of care expected of barristers and solicitors, and liability for future trading losses

10 Mar 2009

Think local

Legal departments in local authorities are taking back in house the work they were once told to outsource and are even offering services to new 'clients', but will the new generation of lawyers have the requisite skills, ask Suzanne Bond and John Emms

10 Mar 2009

Flushing out prosecutions

A more restrictive definition of 'hunting' has helped to clarify some of the more ambiguous provisions of the Hunting Act but cases yet to be decided will bring further changes, say Kris Lines and Pippa Wilding

10 Mar 2009

A fertile topic

On the face of it the Yearworth case has merely resolved a narrow point on the ownership of sperm but it also re-opens a range of ethical and legal questions on the status of live body parts, says James Lawford Davies

10 Mar 2009

The sting in the tail

Russell Conway has spent a lot of time on regulatory compliance lately, so when will he find time to put in those valuable billable hours?

3 Mar 2009

What seat belts leave behind

Forensic evidence that can be called upon in establishing whether a crash victim has failed to wear a seat belt is vital in awarding damages, but gathering the evidence is a complex process, says Steve Parkin

3 Mar 2009

Settling the matter

Expert financial analysis is crucial to the assessment of personal injury damages, particularly where issues of capacity are concerned, says Stephen Ashcroft