CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION: A BRIEF HISTORY OF FINANCIAL SERVICES Before 2001 Financial services regulation had an epoch defining moment in 2000 when the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”) was passed. This swept away the previous regime of self-regulation of the industry by the various Self Regulatory Organisations (“SROs”), […]
CHAPTER TWO THE ANATOMY OF MEDIATION 2.01 What follows in this chapter is a general outline of the path normally taken in mediation but it must be remembered that firstly, the parties are in charge of the process, so they can change it to suit their needs, and secondly, flexibility […]
CHAPTER TWO ESTIMATES Introduction 2.1. A client who instructs a solicitor in a contentious matter will always want to know two things at the outset; what the merits are and what the cost will be. In non-contentious matters the client will similarly be concerned as to the costs of the […]
CHAPTER ONE AN INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS This is a book about technology and artificial intelligence – more specifically one that is designed to assist the non-scientifically minded legal practitioner to understand the implications of this new and exciting technology: to demystify, and hopefully provide clarity around the issues […]
CHAPTER ONE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CLAIMS Objectives This book provides an overview and analysis of the law in relation to wrongful life, wrongful conception and wrongful birth claims. After reading this book you will: Understand how to establish whether there is a cause of action in your cases in […]
The facts in Baker v Craggs were relatively unusual, but the legal issues that they threw up shone a light on fundamental concepts in registered land conveyancing. The vendor of land sold one plot to A, but omitted to reserve a right of way. There were problems with the registration […]
PART ONE Introduction On 18th November 2010 Greg Clark, the then Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in October 2008, gave a speech to Localis, an independent, think tank promoting neo-localist ideas.1 Mr Clark talked about the need to “reboot planning to meet the needs of the […]
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION TO THE FOS This book is about the Financial Ombudsman Service (or ‘FOS’). The FOS is probably the main form of alternative dispute resolution for customers of those who are subject to financial regulation. In this way it provides an important way of resolving a wide variety […]
CHAPTER THREE STATUTORY LEASE EXTENSIONS As mentioned previously, the piece of legislation that allows for this to happen is the Leasehold Reform Housing & Urban Development Act 1993 (as amended by subsequent Acts). Under the act then a leaseholder has an automatic right to require that their freeholder offer them […]
CHAPTER ONE UNDERSTANDING THE SCOPE OF THE TENANT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR Content This chapter examines the extent and nature of the tenant’s repairing obligation, including considerations as to interpretation. It also looks beyond the general covenant to repair, to consider other covenants which are relevant to the physical condition of […]
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