Recent articles

Please browse a selection of our most recent articles by service area below.

Charities
EU Challenge to UK Gift Aid - December 2006
Managing conflicts of interest - December 2006
Charities and Intellectual property - December 2006
Reserves - December 2006
Contacting the Charity Commission - December 2006
Recent work - December 2006

Clinical Negligence
Clostridium difficile - Maidstone - October 2007
Cardiac misdiagnosis - August 2007
Few patients compensated for hospital acquired infection - August 2007
From the TS&P casebook - diabetic comas from prescription error - August 2007
From the TS&P casebook - missed DVT - August 2007
The Human Tissue Act 2004 - August 2007
Experts overruled - December 2006
TS&P awarded APIL accreditation - December 2006
From the TS&P casebook - K - December 2006
Are claims rising or falling? - December 2006

Commercial
Key impacts on private companies from changes in the new Companies Act 2006 - October 2007
New property investment vehicle launched - May 2007
Companies Act 2006 - Greater use of Electronic Communications - May 2007
Companies Act 2006 - New disclosure requirements for company websites and email - May 2007
Companies Act update - December 2006
Liability of a partner by name only - December 2006
Community Interest Companies - December 2006
Advertising price discounts - December 2006
Ignorance of the law - December 2006

Construction
What happens if it all goes wrong? - April 2006

Dispute Resolution
Premiums for leasehold extensions and enfranchisement set to rise - December 2006
Forfeiting tenancies of mixed use premises - December 2006
Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery - December 2006
Licensing Act 2003 - Licensing authority powers - December 2006

e-Commerce and Intellectual Property
Licenses of right - May 2007
News in brief - May 2007
Privacy and confidence - May 2007
e-commerce - May 2007
Data theft - January 2007
Ownership - January 2007
Domain name tasting - January 2007
Corporate binding rules - January 2007

Employment
Redundancy, sickness absence and age discrimination - things you really need to know now - Spring 2007
A nice try, but common sense prevails! - Spring 2007
What the EAT gives with one hand, it takes away with the other! - Spring 2007
Are your employees sleep-working? - Spring 2007
Discretionary Bonuses and reasonableness - Spring 2007
Sick Pay and Disability Discrimination - Spring 2007
Rolled up holiday (again) European court says "nein" but what of transparency? - August 2006
Definition of disability - August 2006
Employment status - The Bermuda Triangle - August 2006
Oh no! Not again! The Grievance Procedures are back! - August 2006

Industrial Disease
Hair dye claim settlement - from the TS&P case book - March 2007
Updates - March 2007
Mr B - from the TS&P case book - March 2007
Mr K from the TS&P case book - March 2007
Issues of interest to mesothelioma patients and their carers - March 2007
Barker -v- Corus: The Judicial Committee of the House of Lords rules again on mesothelioma claims - August 2006
Coroners and asbestos - August 2006
Macmillan lung cancer/ Mesothelioma nurse specialist appointed - August 2006
Mesothelioma and medical thoracoscopy - August 2006

Personal Injury
RTA focus - Master Z - August 2007
Are you breaking the law? - August 2007
RTA focus Miss X - August 2007
The Lord Chancellor’s big “but” - August 2007
Putting the injured person first - APIL accreditation - February 2007
Gavin's story - February 2007
Making sense of funding care arrangements - February 2007
Who's who in brain injury - February 2007
Brain Injury - the figures - February 2006
Hair dyes and health - a failure to warn - February 2006
TS&P casebook - Mr X - February 2006

Property Development
Landlord’s consent - April 2007
Introduction to property issues for businesses - April 2007
Surplus land solutions - April 2007
Planning update on Local Development Frameworks - April 2007
Business and the environment - a delicate balance - April 2007
Planning update - October 2006
Contaminated land update - October 2006
Compulsory purchase - October 2006
Section 106 agreements and conditioning planning permission - October 2006
Indemnity clauses - October 2006

Tax Planning
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 - December 2007
Pre-Owned Assets Tax - December 2007
Inheritance tax-efficient wills - the new landscape - December 2007
Inheritance tax planning by deed of variation - still a window of opportunity - July 2007
Inheritance tax treatment of Trusts - July 2007
The use of debts to satisfy Nil Rate Band Discretionary Trust Legacies - The implications of the Phizackerley Case - July 2007
Discounted Gifts - March 2006
The Civil Partnerhsip Act 2004 - March 2006
Payment of Inheritance Tax by Executors - March 2006