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| Tuesday 27 January 2004 |
Body parts scandal comes to court
Two thousand UK families are suing the NHS over the removal and retention of deceased family members' body parts - but do they have a case?
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| Tuesday 30 December 2003 |
Adopting the blame game
Should adoptive parents be able to sue for their child's bad behaviour?
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| Thursday 4 December 2003 |
Judging democracy
Judges are neither elected nor politically independent - so they should not be treated as such.
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| Friday 3 October 2003 |
Too risky to care
A disabled woman slept in her wheelchair for over a year because the health authority banned staff from lifting her into bed.
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| Tuesday 23 September 2003 |
Blind spot
A driver hits a woman walking backwards in the middle of a busy carriageway - who's responsible?
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| Friday 22 August 2003 |
The trouble with Making Amends
The UK government's proposals to reform the handling of clinical negligence cases risk boosting our compensation culture.
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| Thursday 31 July 2003 |
Keep the courts out of family life
Regardless of the merits of the MMR jab, the ruling that two children must receive it against their mothers' wishes represents a worrying expansion of the law.
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| Tuesday 29 July 2003 |
'Duties of care' to the careless and criminal
The expansion of negligence law throws personal responsibility out of the window.
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| Wednesday 23 July 2003 |
The law and the 'one in four'
A barrister takes issue with the UK government's 'shock-and-awe' approach to domestic violence statistics.
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| Wednesday 9 July 2003 |
Can a company kill?
The UK government's proposed new offence of 'corporate killing' looks like a return to medieval law.
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| Wednesday 28 May 2003 |
Wigged off
Why is the Lord Chancellor getting his knickers in a twist over courtroom dress?
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| Tuesday 29 April 2003 |
Defending the court of public opinion
English libel law is no way to resolve the conflict between Labour MP George Galloway and his accusers in the press.
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| Tuesday 8 April 2003 |
Law - what is it good for?
The war on Iraq is not a matter for m'learned friends.
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| Wednesday 12 March 2003 |
The freedom to talk hate
Abdullah el-Faisal may be a crank - but is he a criminal?
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| Tuesday 25 February 2003 |
Hiding behind the UN
What's driving America's newfound enthusiasm for multilateral institutions?
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