Conveyancing

Articles

7 Jul 2009

Back in play

HIPs provide solicitors with an opportunity to reverse conveyancing trends and, contrary to popular belief, you don't need to charge the earth, says Paul Bibby

30 Jun 2009

Smokescreen

With claims relating to asbestos-related illnesses likely to increase over the next few years, medical experts must be very careful when dealing with difficult areas such as pleural plaques and lung cancer, says Christopher Moore

7 Apr 2009

New season, new HIPs

New HIP regulations, combined with important changes in local authority and personal search charges, are set to make this a seismic spring of change, says Andrew Lloyd

7 Apr 2009

Update: immigration

Jane Coker reviews the latest cases on family reunion, right to family life, the UN's refugee convention, students, and the recognition of Muslim divorces

7 Apr 2009

If it ain't broke

The ideas behind the SRA's consultation on mandatory re-accreditation for solicitors advocates are under-developed, discriminatory and based on worthless evidence, says Tim Lawson-Cruttenden

31 Mar 2009

Being unreasonable

Why are the mentally ill so very unreasonable?

17 Feb 2009

Keeping the options open

Special conditions inconsistent with the general terms of a lease are unlikely to be upheld by the court if not expressly set out, says Laura Pope

16 Dec 2008

True to your words

Faced with inconsistent drafting, the courts will look at the language used in various part of a contract to save it from rescission, but this will not always be possible. James Naylor reports