Issue number 7366

April showers
Ian Smith outlines a host of changes which came into force on 6 April
24 Apr 2009

A fine distinction
Ratcliffe should be compulsory reading for all family practitioners. David Burrows explains why
24 Apr 2009

Do thy duty
Keith Patten reflects on an employer's duty of care; obvious risks, and the duty to warn
24 Apr 2009

To own or not to own
John Summers & Elizabeth Fitzgerald consider the impact of Ofulue
24 Apr 2009

HIP operation
HIPs—will they finally provide benefits? asks Peter Ambrose
24 Apr 2009

A family affair
Rowena Meager examines inheritance and proprietary estoppel
24 Apr 2009

Caring matters
Part one: Ed Mitchell reviews recent cases on funding, transparency & closure
24 Apr 2009

Witness immunity?
Seeing is not always believing, says Jenny Lau
24 Apr 2009

Whose car is it anyway?
Mark Sutherland Williams & Caroline Stone discuss restoration post Mills
24 Apr 2009

Liability after disclaimer
Where does loss lie when a liquidator disclaims a lease? Does it fall on the landlord or on the tenant's guarantor? After the property slump of the early 1990s, the House of Lords overturned previous authority to find that loss lay with the guarantor (Hindcastle v Barbara Attenborough Associates [1996] 1 All ER 737). Faced with a new recession in the property market, the Court of Appeal has confirmed that the same conclusion applies to the liabilities of a former tenant under an authorised guarantee agreement (AGA) (Shaw v Doleman [2009] EWCA Civ 283; [2009] All ER (D) 34 (Apr)).
24 Apr 2009

The long arm of the regulator
Since 31 March 2009, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has new powers to regulate firms of solicitors. It will no longer be looking solely at individual responsibility for acts and omissions: it is also going after organisational under-performance and misconduct.
24 Apr 2009

Book reviews: The End of Lawyers?
Richard Susskind has earned a great reputation as the leading expert in the computerisation of law. His latest book has wider ambitions: it marks the development of his thinking towards a comprehensive evaluation of the place of lawyers in society, especially in its economic aspects. Yet it remains grounded in his interest in the use of technology to aid and even replace the human element.
24 Apr 2009