All Practice points articles – Page 42
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FeatureRefoulement – EU law and asylum
States are neglecting their basic international obligations.
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FeatureBreaking the covenant of trust
The SRA’s short-sighted approach to regulatory reform needs an urgent rethink.
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FeaturePolicing online abuse
The proliferation of complaints arising from social media poses difficult questions over how they should be dealt with.
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FeatureSearch and seizure: your rights
A practical guide for solicitors who find themselves subject to a police raid.
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OpinionConsumer protection at a cost
While the Jet2 ruling supported the rights of customers, the court’s decision stretched the meaning of a European regulation.
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FeatureIrish lessons on PII
Ireland’s experience of professional indemnity insurance reform offers useful pointers for England and Wales.
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FeatureCriticising judges: a risky business?
How might the abolition of ‘scandalising the judiciary’ in statute affect public attacks on judges?
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FeatureGoogle and private information
The US company’s failed attempt to stop an action against it proceeding in the UK has great significance.
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FeatureJurisdictional ‘gateways’
Choosing the jurisdiction where a case is heard can affect cost, conduct and outcome.
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FeatureClerical errors in wills
The court appears to be adopting a more flexible approach to rectification of wills, in order to ensure that justice prevails.
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FeatureGeneral Data Protection Regulation
The cost to law firms of mishandling data is set to increase significantly.
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FeatureMesothelioma compensation
Mesothelioma Act 2014 does not go far enough for victims of asbestos-related illness.
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FeatureChancel repair liability
This is certainly a difficult and complicated topic. Here is a fresh view on it.
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FeatureAdministering an estate in the Irish republic
We highlight the procedures for extracting an Irish grant of representation in circumstances where the deceased owned property within the Republic of Ireland.
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FeatureComplex regional pain
A consideration of the circumstances in which injuries first considered as innocuous can turn into a catastrophic injury claim.
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FeaturePhotographic evidence – acceptable manipulation?
What is permissible when images of personal injuries are produced to be used as evidence?
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FeatureChancel repair changes
There has been little clarity about the impact of changes to chancel repair liability.