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Employer's reference protected by qualified privilege

Hospital lab assistant could not sue former manager for libel

Restricting the role of privilege against self-incrimination

A phone hacking case has widened the definition of intellectual property and limited the opportunity for defendants to rely on 
PSI, say Emily Swithenbank and Laura Nation as they 
examine who will be affected by the decision

View from the bench | Debt and divorce

DJ Nigel Law examines the extent to which judges will take 'debts into account when dividing assests

Changes to bailiff enforcement: assessing the impact

The new legislation may improve the image of ?enforcement, but will it achieve the correct balance ?between the rights of creditors and those ?of debtors? Tom Bailey and ?Denise Cushine ?investigate

Revisiting the approach to contractual interpretation

The courts have reinstated a welcome common sense 'approach to the interpretation of commercial contracts, 'say Conrad Walker and Helen Rowlands

Workshop: commercial: Registering trademarks

Robert MacGinn and Jonathan Silverman explain the steps to take 'when considering a brand or company name for a client

Coalition splits over Beecroft report

A gulf has opened up between the Lib Dems and Conservatives over the extent to which employment laws protecting workers should be scrapped.

Forget me, not: the extent of the right to be forgotten

The introduction of the right to be forgiven could be a major step towards reinforcing the privacy rights of former offenders, but how effective will the new right be if there is no consensus over its scope? asks Richard Easton