Issue number 7364

Employee patents
Just rewards & employee brilliance: getting the right fit. Christopher de Mauny reports
10 Apr 2009

Back to the future?
Cristian Ley welcomes the biggest political U-turn since the poll tax
10 Apr 2009

A social panacea?
Finola Moss asks whether the Adoption Act 2002 is a step too far
10 Apr 2009

Troubled relationship
Roger Harris on finding the right balance between state-funded care and damages
10 Apr 2009

Words' worth
Investing in bricks and mortar together? Get it in writing says Mark Warwick
10 Apr 2009

Policing power
Is police cordoning a deprivation of liberty? asks Neil Parpworth
10 Apr 2009

A balancing act
David Lock discusses the use and abuse of interim remedies in Administrative Court actions
10 Apr 2009

The cost of settlement
Michael Tringham recounts how a £3m estate dispute racked up £400,000 in costs…
10 Apr 2009

Mediation privilege?
The first part of this article (NLJ, 3 April 2009, p 506) identified a gap between the general perception that the mediation process affords complete confidentiality to the participants, and the more limited protection thus far conferred by the courts on mediation by reference to the without prejudice principle. This second part suggests a possible solution to the problem, and the means whereby it might be achieved.
10 Apr 2009

A hard Act to follow?
The last year has seen the creation of the various authorities required to operate the Legal Services Act 2007 (LSA 2007), and this, the first in a series exploring the effects of LSA 2007, concentrates on them. They are respectively:
10 Apr 2009

Selecting the best
Part five: Specific instructions from the outset will help to avoid disputes later, says Mark Solon
10 Apr 2009

Ask Auntie
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10 Apr 2009