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Articles

1 Feb 2016

Give me a break

A second-year law student has demanded a lifetime supply of KitKats after she found multiple bars without the signature wafer inside.

26 Jan 2016

Apple v Samsung: The ongoing war in Silicon Valley

In the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC), His Honour Judge Colin Birss once described Apple's external casing as 'too cool' to be infringed by Samsung's.

22 Jan 2016

High Court enforces reduced CAS penalty clause award for first time

Ruling comes despite public policy of refusing penalty clauses and the Lugano Convention

21 Jan 2016

UK-based international firms must be allowed to recruit top talent

Non-EEA lawyers make significant contribution to UK's economy, says Law Society president 

19 Jan 2016

Employee emails: No snooper's charter

In B?rbulescu v Romania (Application No 61496/08), the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) had to determine whether an employer was entitled to monitor an employe';s private electronic communications.

12 Jan 2016

Commercial property: 'The onus is on solicitors

Recent decisions on the overpayment of rent and property search results, as well as changes in Land Registry practice, highlight the importance of the property practitioner's role, write Anthony Goodmaker, Emilie Hobday, and Miri Stickland

12 Jan 2016

The mission creep of tax evasion

HMRC's proposed legislation will mean heavier financial and criminal penalties for offshore tax evasion, but beware, says Andrew Watters – this is not evasion as we know it

12 Jan 2016

Veterans on closer footing to civilians when it comes 'to asbestos pay-outs

Adrian Budgen discusses the legal reasoning - and outright injustice - behind the disparity between compensation offered by the government to civilians and former troops