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7 Apr 2009

Double grovel, toil and trouble

My bank has just bounced one of my client account cheques. Just a few words but the consequences are horrific. Why did they do this? In 31 years of practice no client account cheque of mine has ever been dishonoured. At the time that the cheque was not met I had in the region of one million pounds in the client account. So why was the bank behaving in this very curious fashion? We live in strange times but surely some things remain sacred?

31 Mar 2009

The Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007

Awareness of the damage that forced marriage can cause to individuals has grown in recent years, and now the Forced Marriages Act recognises for the first time the abuse of power by those enforcing their wishes against family members. Cris McCurley reports

31 Mar 2009

Update: local government

Justin Bates discusses the strained relations between local authorities and government over the move towards unitary authorities, and disputes between authorities over provision of services to asylum seekers

31 Mar 2009

David Oldham on the erosion of the civil justice system

David Oldham has a mission, he says in the notes accompanying the news of his appointment as president of the association of district judges. “It is to persuade the government to return to funding our civil courts to a realistic level.”

24 Mar 2009

Update: commercial

Sara Partington considers liability for conversion, the dangers of including an arbitration clause in standard terms and conditions, vexatious litigants and the risk of incurring interest on invoices

24 Mar 2009

Dangerous minds

The 'directing mind' defence has survived the judgment in Ferguson but to escape liability large companies will need to consider the relevant statute, says Thom Dyke

17 Mar 2009

A dead cert… or a nuisance?

The risks for developers of nuisance claims being brought could lead to more serious consequences than simply paying out compensation, says Gordon Wignall

17 Mar 2009

More useful than you'd think

Landlords should be more confident to point to “substantial breaches” of a tenancy agreement when refusing to renew a lease, says John Martin