Legal updates – Page 33
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FeatureLegislation and case law
Important updates in self-defence law, case management, bail, cautions and 17-year-olds in police stations.
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FeatureRecent changes to rules on business immigration
Laura Devine outlines the amendments to the UK Immigration Rules.
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FeatureDelay and strike-out in financial remedy proceedings
Andrew Newbury looks at the introduction of family rules which allow a strike out of a statement of case.
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FeatureDelay in preparing will – professional negligence
What will happen to firms that fail to prepare a will where there are doubts about the testamentary capacity of the client?
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FeatureChattels, fixtures and ‘acceding to the realty’
After reading the first chapter of any land law text book, lawyers are not often called upon to consider whether something is or is not a fixture.
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FeatureClaim forms and ‘good reason’
In Abela and others v Baadarani [2013] UKSC 44, the Supreme Court provided important guidance on the interpretation and application of rule 6.15(1) and (2)
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Kinship foster carers’ allowances
What will be the impact of a landmark judgment on allowances for family foster carers? Fiona Scolding and Amelia Walker look at the case.
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FeatureHow public authorities should behave
Changes in the position of ‘intransigent and misleading public authority’
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FeatureImmigration: minimum salary requirement challenged
MM Javed & Majid v Secretary of State for the Home Department
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Mesothelioma Bill
‘One has also to bear in mind that, typically, the worst symptoms of pain, suffering and loss of amenity occur in the last weeks and days of the disease’s progress and that the death… is a horrible one.’(Senior Master Whitaker: Smith v Bolton Copper Limited: Unreported 10 July 2007 QBD) ...
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Business rate relief; misconduct in public office
To most people (who, surprisingly to some, include lawyers) occupation of premises connotes actual physical possession of the land in question or its use. But what if a charitable organisation takes a lease of commercial premises and installs one or more Wi-Fi transmitters (each similar in size to domestic broadband ...
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Trademarks in toys and games – part one
A recent High Court judgment concerning the Scrabble ‘tile’ trademark highlights the tension between trademarks and the functional elements of toys and games.
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Extradition: emerging pilot judgments
The European Arrest Warrant (EAW), introduced in 2003 to expedite the extradition of suspects accused or convicted of criminal offences within EU member states, has been fiercely criticised during its short life.
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Advising small businesses
Last week the Legal Services Board published research into the legal needs of small businesses (tinyurl.com/omgmthu).