All Feature articles – Page 148
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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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FeatureStudents and net migration
Ostracising foreign students would only confirm that the UK is ‘closed for business’.
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FeatureCriminal proceedings: timely blueprint
Lord Justice Leveson is right but he needs the support of the lord chancellor.
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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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FeatureConstruction law: weather warning
Last year’s floods triggered a myriad legal disputes and insurance claims. What have we learned?
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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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FeatureProbate: proprietary estoppel
What must a claimant show if a case of proprietary estoppel is to succeed?
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FeatureRihanna and image rights
The singer’s recent win over Topshop isn’t necessarily good news for claimants; each case will be taken on its merits.
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FeatureCosts and care homes
Ambiguity over the ‘usual cost’ of fees to be paid to care service providers.
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FeatureRoundtable: organised crime
Solicitors are ‘key enablers’ for serious organised crime – time to be on guard, the Gazette’s latest roundtable hears.
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FeatureLitvinenko post-mortem ‘one of Western world’s most dangerous ever’
The poisoning of former Russian intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko in London was an ‘act of nuclear terrorism on the streets of a major city’.
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FeatureGood commercial law makes good societies
None of the developments of the last millennium work without certainty of contract, property law, and clear redress to back any partnership, loan or enterprise.
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FeatureUnmanned aircraft systems
The regulatory infrastructure surrounding consumer use of drones is worryingly inadequate.
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FeatureCompetence and assessment
Flexibility in how professional standards are met should be the cornerstone of training.
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FeatureCriminal defence: the defiant ones
Criminal defence specialists are hurting and career prospects are bleak. But many retain the appetite to fight for a viable future.
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FeatureException to the privilege rule
The iniquity exception to privilege can prove useful in a variety of litigation contexts.
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FeatureHow to: get a grant
How can law firms get their hands on government money to boost their businesses and provide coaching?
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FeatureSpousal maintenance
Disputes related to this are often the main bar to divorcing couples resolving financial disagreements. Recent comprehensive guidance aims to help.
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FeatureJK Rowling ruling challenged by Associated Newspapers
Associated Newspapers challenge a High Court ruling that bestselling author JK Rowling should be allowed to read a unilateral statement in open court as part of the settlement of a libel claim against them. They claim her statement undermines the basis on which they settled the action. Watch the broadcast, ...
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FeatureRihanna wins legal battle with Topshop over image rights
The Court of Appeal delivers judgment in an appeal by Topshop against a High Court ruling that it had ‘passed off’ T-shirts featuring a picture of Rihanna.