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Felix: Our cumbersome carbon footprint

Felix: Our cumbersome carbon footprint

You have to feel sorry for the farmers. First it was BSE, then it was foot-and-mouth, and now it is flatulence. Farmers are now getting the blame for global warming because the cows are pumping out gas at both ends more than the apocryphal vicarage tea party.
White & Case LLP

White & Case LLP

Originally from Legal Marketing magazine vol 2 Issue 3: Graduate recruitment in law firms around the world ranges from being very organised and systematic to being completely unstructured and ad hoc. A lot depends on the size of the firm, the type of practice and the culture of the country where the firm is located. Having recently been involved in setting up a graduate-recruitment programme for an international law firm in Moscow, I thought it perhaps fitting to offer some suggestions in the event you are ever challenged to start up a graduate-recruitment function for an evolving or new market, or need ideas to 'perk up' your current recruiting process.
Not in full agreement

Not in full agreement

Entire agreements clauses will only be effective if the wording is sufficiently clear and wide in scope, say Eamonn Mcnamara and Michael Twomey
Life in crime

Life in crime

Francis FitzGibbon explains that the IPP regime may have the opposite effect to what was intended
Compensation magic

Compensation magic

Finally the House of Lords has addressed the question of the calculation of compensation for terminating an agency agreement, says Stephen Sidkin
Update: local government

Update: local government

Christopher Baker considers the new model code of conduct for members, bias and pre-determination, and negligence liability and human rights
Statute barred

Statute barred

Adrian Oliver considers the conflicting approach of the Law Lords when a litigant faces the prospect of being denied access to the court system
Carry the costs

Carry the costs

Litigants should be able to claim their own preparation costs, argues James Ross