All Feature articles – Page 137
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FeatureRethinking the merits of arbitration
Will the impending increase in court fees lead to more arbitration as litigation becomes less viable?
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FeaturePair cleared of murder after appeal
Gerard Childs and Stephen Price appeal their convictions for murder. They were jailed for life in December 2013 for attacking Jonathan Fitchett outside a branch of JD Sports in Merseyside. Watch the broadcast, in association with Sky News.
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FeatureCrime and punishment: ‘free will’ an illusion
The ideology behind retributive punishment is fundamentally flawed.
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Feature‘Mansfield murderer’ Susan Edwards loses appeal
A woman who spun a web of lies for 15 years after she murdered her parents and buried them in their back garden has lost her appeal against her 25-year minimum sentence. Watch the broadcast, in association with Sky News.
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FeaturePersonal injury: duty of care
Non-delegable duty of care for local authorities in foster care – a tale of two judgments.
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FeatureBig data: too much information
From drafting better legislation, to detecting frauds and making litigation choices, data use is starting to change the way lawyers think and work.
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FeatureEx-Gatwick community officer who conned passengers appeals sentence
Former Gatwick Airport police community support officer Alexis Scott appeals her six-and-a-half year sentence for theft. She was jailed last September for stealing £13,500 from passengers by telling them they were taking too much money out of the country.
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FeatureData page – February 2015
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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FeatureStudents and net migration
Ostracising foreign students would only confirm that the UK is ‘closed for business’.
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FeatureCosts-shifting and the Year of the Sheep
How qualified one-way costs shifting will prompt more costs orders against solicitors.
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FeatureCompliance: blame game
Lawyers and other compliance managers are being stretched as government agencies outsource responsibility for policing corporate impropriety.
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FeatureProbate: proprietary estoppel
What must a claimant show if a case of proprietary estoppel is to succeed?
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FeatureProtection for unprotected databases
The owner of a database may be able to rely on broader rights if they have no IP rights.
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FeatureConstruction law: weather warning
Last year’s floods triggered a myriad legal disputes and insurance claims. What have we learned?
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FeatureSupport centres: our friends in the north
Near-shoring is growing in popularity as law firms seek to cut their wage bills and property overheads.
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FeatureCriminal proceedings: timely blueprint
Lord Justice Leveson is right but he needs the support of the lord chancellor.