Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7633

Human rights have been a popular talking point in recent times, says Roger Smith

Reasonable adjustments could play a diminishing role in capability dismissal claims, says Charles Pigott

The Supreme Court has provided important guidance on the illegality defence, as Jack Harris reports

Nicholas Dobson reports on a Supreme Court ruling on terminating a joint tenancy

Can you make time of the essence if a contract is silent on the point, asks John Sharples

R (on the application of Barclay and another) v Secretary of State for Justice and others (Attorney General of Jersey and the States of Guernsey intervening) [2014] UKSC 54, [2014] All ER (D) 258 (Oct)

McDonald (deceased) v National Grid Electricity Transmission plc [2014] UKSC 53, [2014] All ER (D) 257 (Oct)

Scott v Southern Pacific Mortgages Ltd [2014] UKSC 52, [2014] All ER (D) 251 (Oct)

Re X and others (Deprivation of Liberty) (Number 2) [2014] EWCOP 37, [2014] All ER (D) 224 (Oct)

Sugar Hut Group and others v A J Insurance [2014] EWHC 3352 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 233 (Oct)