CHAPTER ONE – AN INTRODUCTION TO EXPERT EVIDENCE ” ….It is true that the witness who is called upon to give evidence founded on a comparison of handwritings must be peritus ; he must be skilled in doing so; but we cannot say that he must have become peritus in the […]
CHAPTER THREE – A BRIEF HISTORY OF AWARENESS OF THE RISKS OF EXPOSURE TO RESPIRABLE CRYSTALLINE SILICA Silicosis is not a modern disease; in 400 BC, Hippocrates, the founder of medicine, noted “breathlessness” in miners. The Industrial Revolution in the UK led to the rapid development of what are known […]
CHAPTER TWO – BREACH OF DUTY It is well established in law that a dentist owes their patient a duty of care. When considering whether a potential dental negligence claim has merit, the lawyer needs to know whether there has been a breach of that duty. In order to find out […]
Mobile Telephone Extraction Introduction Many modern criminal investigations now involve the seizure of a mobile telephone. Devices range from cheap ‘burner’ phones with functionality limited to traditional calls and text messages, through to smartphones with a suite of apps providing a wide range of features. A mobile telephone works with […]
CHAPTER TWO – WHAT IS “NEW BUILD CONVEYANCING” Paul Sams Many people in life claim to be a specialist. Few ever are. I will make a confession. Really I am a generalist. I do a little bit of everything when it comes to property. In fact, given I spend most of […]
CHAPTER THREE – THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHARED OWNERSHIP AND SHARED EQUITY Shared Equity? What is Shared Equity The property is owned outright with a charge secured against the equity for the equity loan. The scheme may require the buyer to start making repayments after a set number of years The equity […]
CHAPTER ONE – DEFINING FACTITIOUS ILLNESS DISORDERS Introduction Munchausen’s and Munchausen’s by proxy, factitious illness (FII), medically unexplained symptoms and perplexing presentations are all terms which are banded around without any real clear meaning to what they exactly relate to and often strike fear into the hearts of practitioners before they […]
CHAPTER ONE – WILL VALIDITY Assessing the Validity of the Will & the Practice What are the proper formalities of the will? Age As a general rule, a testator must have reached the age of 18 at the time of making a Will (the Wills Act 1837, s.7). Formalities In addition, […]
CHAPTER TWO – WHAT IS TENANCY SUCCESSION? We touched upon it in the introduction in brief terms. Essentially, succession to a tenancy is the process by which a tenancy passes on the death of the tenant to a person “qualified to succeed” to it. Sometimes, that person is selected by […]
CHAPTER TWO – TRANSFER OF AN ECONOMIC ENTITY The first of the two types of “relevant transfer” governed by TUPE is that for which the ARD was originally introduced – and which has formed the basis for transfer of undertakings legislation across the EU for over 40 years. I will call […]
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