General Index 1998


A

Access to Justice Bill, Criminal Defence Service provisions, 1742

Modernising Justice, White Paper, 1798

—defendant’s right to choose lawyer, 1871

Ageism, in the profession, 1746

Alcoholism, in the profession, 1877

Alternative Dispute Resolution, conference, 1703

America, constitutional protections, 988

—crime figures, 1575

—criminal standard of proof, 582

—"serial" harassment, 1543

—victim’s rights, 1805

Appointment of QCs, more women and minorities represented, 542

Arbitration, launch of the London Arbitration Scheme, 1631

—summary judgment under the 1996 Arbitration Act, 543

Association of Women Solicitors, Judith Willis appointed chair, 431

Australia, land rights, 844

B

Bail, honouring requirements, 1005

Bailiffs, increased fees for collection of fixed penalties, 114

Bar, AGM, 898

—Conference round-up, 1466

—constitutional foundations, 1424

—Contingency Legal Aid Fund launched, 114, 430

—Criminal Bar Association, urged to prepare for incorporation of Human Rights Bill, 578

—direct licensed access, 1596

—Human Rights policy, 1453

—increase in complaints against barristers, 738

—National Mock Trial, 395, 470

—Personal Injury Association, access to justice abroad, 1667

Pro Bono unit, applications for assistance increasing, 1467

—calls for more solicitors to participate, 471

—proposes legal aid reforms, 1079

Barristers, cash basis taxation, 78

—inflating fees, 1221, 1223

—low fees at the civil Bar, 1577

—rights of audience to employed lawyers, 1295

—suing for unpaid fees, 378, 398

Block contracts, in criminal cases, 1005

Breach of the peace, powers being challenged by Liberty, 738

Business law, late payment of debts, 1676

—resolution of partnership disputes, 838

Butterworths Direct, 616, 899

C

Centre for Dispute Resolution, ADR Professions’ Awards, 1384

Charity law, Commission report, regulation and support, 752

—trust funds, fund-raising applications, 595

Child Support Act, deficiencies of the system, 258

Child Support Agency, proposed changes under a Labour government, 692

—judicial review of decision, 1259

Children, as witnesses, NSPCC campaign, 510

—changing a child’s name, 1634

—Child Protection Convention 1996, 1012

—employment of, 472

—naming young persons in court proceedings, 1748

—protection of, care proceedings, 1704

Citizens Advice Bureau, extension of service at RCJ, 1467

—increased funding, 395

Civil Justice, appointments to Lord Woolf’s Council, 27

—fees for civil court cases to be increased, 1742

—no capped costs on fast track proceedings, 1542

—web site launched, 1666

—Civil Proceedings Rules, New Model Order 14, 555

—court fees discussion paper, 270

—fast track for straightforward cases, 935

—inaugural meeting of the Civil Justice Council, 430

—legal aid, block contracting and franchises, 577

—small claims, 1266

Transfer Procedure from the County Court to the High Court paper published, 506

—transition arrangements for reforms, 198

Civil law, disclosure under new procedure rules, 1300, 1352

—limitation periods should be made simpler, 6

—preparations made by solicitors for Woolf reforms, 1346

—procedure, pre-action protocol in personal injury claims, 1547

—public-private law divide, 136

Civil Way column, 19, 51, 87, 409, 517, 943, 983, 1054, 1326, 1356, 1397, 1446

Cohabitation, property and finance, reform of law, 779

Commercial law, lawyers set up fixed fee commercial arbitration service, 739

Community Legal Services, proposed by LCD, 1630

Company law, decision in Ord v Belhaven, 938

—directors’ responsibilities to shareholders, 21

—shareholders and directors, precedents, 91

Conditional fees, abolition of legal aid for civil money claims, 88, 245, 301

—new responsibilities for lawyers, 915

—response to Government’s Access to Justice consultation paper, 917

Constitutional law, devolution, Scotland, 65

—role of judiciary in Labour’s reforms, 1512

Consumer law, due diligence defence, 328, 379

—implications of legal aid reforms, 1630

—payment of solicitors fees, British Gas and Mrs Squance, 1298

—unfair terms, OFT’s responsibilities, 46

Widening the Scope for Action under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1994, consultation paper, 114

Contract law, choice of law in contract flowchart, 590

—compensation payable on breach, 564

—signature rule in L’Estrange v Graucob, 380

Conveyancing, costs cheaper in England and Wales, 8

—electronic system to be quicker and simpler, 1348

—fixed private boundaries, hedge and ditch rule, 877

—matrimonial home, undue influence, 1223

—proposed changes to end gazumping, 1869

—registering easements, 1670

—solicitors’ undertakings to lenders, 1810, 1882

Corporate crime, accountability of transnationals, 1686, 1706

Costs, awarded on indemnity basis, 1650

—awards against assisted parties, 911

Courts, new technology, virtual courtrooms, 1596

—revised Court Service charter, 1348, 1419

Court interpreters, should be given "after care", 774

Credit cards, fraud, 133

Crime Brief column, 207, 403, 594, 980, 1201, 1445, 1646, 1812

Crime, confiscation of criminal assets, 1820

—domestic violence, provocation, Zoora Shah appeal, 667

—figures from US Department of Justice, 1575

—fraud and organised crime in the EC, 1046

—money laundering, 1818

—moral panic, 586

—profiting from criminal acts, case of Mary Bell, 613, 723

—youth, White Paper, No More Excuses, 561

Criminal Appeals, miscarriages of justice during the century, 1028

Criminal Cases Review Commission, one year old, 1174, 1244

—two year wait for applicants, 1872

Criminal justice, court proceedings, interpreters, 563

—zero tolerance, 1528

Criminal law, an International Criminal Court, 514

—confiscating proceeds of crime, 1701

—corruption, Law Commission paper, 321

—Crime and Disorder Bill, 13

—delays in criminal trials, 149

—either way offences, 62, 134

—foresight and foreseeability, 1636

—fraud, role of juries in trials, 239

—LCJ calls for codification, 1134

—new prosecuting convention set up, 199

—Offences Against the Person Act, prosecution for the transmission of HIV, 757

—silence at the police station, 1598

—tax avoidance, 118, 185, 219

Crown Prosecution Service, barrister wins claim for racial discrimination, 1666

—Glidewell Report, recommendations, 825, 826, 861

—reform of, 1061, 1798

—should instruct local firms to appear in court, 1082

—structure of, 491, 492, 493

D

Damages, for fatal accidents, 272

—multipliers and lump sum payments, Wells v Wells, 1149, 1237, 1360

—psychiatric injury claims, 1816

Data protection, club rules, 483

Death sentence, case of Mahmood Hussein Mattan, 271

—legal injections, unethical implications for doctors, 150

Director of Public Prosecutions announces her retirement, 773

Disability, access to magistrates’ courts, 150

Discovery, medical records, 1088

Discrimination, ageism in the legal profession, 1746

—at work, 1312

—disability, prejudice by small firms, 27

—HIV sufferers, 934

—racial, barrister wins case against CPS, 1666

—sex, trainees’ salaries, 600

—Young Woman Lawyer survey on the legal profession, 150

Divorce, LCD report on ancillary relief, 1467

Doc Brief column, 17, 129, 249, 373, 659, 807, 879, 1392, 1522, 1724, 1779, 1886

Domestic violence, CPS support for victims, 686

Drugs, Cannabis, for therapeutic use, 1260

—conference on abuse, 1419

—controlled, misuse of, 1387

E

Editorial, end of term, 1257

Employment law, Appeal tribunals, 1322

—contract of employment, 1321

—contractual terms, 1642

—EC Directives, 1316

—garden leave and conflict of interest, 579

—payment of £3000 to pregnant employee, 1293

—redundancy, transfer of undertakings, 1308

—regulation of child employment, 472

—smoking in the workplace, 10

—unfair dismissal, 1318

—union recognition, 1305

—working time directive, 1270, 1704,

Environmental law, Kyoto Protocol, 1010

—landfill sites, 1350

—Estoppel, res judicata, recent developments, 1394

—transport White Paper effect on urban congestion, 1510

—water pollution, 559

Equal opportunities, review of pay and conditions for male and female lawyers, 543

EU and World Trade Brief column, 335, 661, 1117, 1304, 1516, 1682,

EU law, Commission regulation of satellite pornography, 846

—Eurocurrency, practicalities of the changeover, 82

—European Police Office, 1404

—funding, Grotius Programme for EU lawyers, 79

Evidence, competence of witnesses, 1472, 1526

—"suggestibility", admissibility of oral evidence, 740

Expert witnesses, forensic scientists, 867

Extradition, return of fugitives to UK, 1802

F

Family law, care orders, state’s responsibilities, 670

—changing a child’s name, 1634

Cleveland Ten Years On, conference papers, 322

—definition of molestation, 256

—paternity rights, 359

Family Practice column, 93, 247, 446, 629, 871, 1143, 1427, 1611, 1752

Fees, QC’s excessive charges, 1543

Financial law, Eurocurrency, changeover to, 82

Food law, UK and EU legislation, 1332

Fraud, review of pre-trial procedures in serious fraud cases, 774

—use of credit cards, 133

—solicitor and judge Richard Gee in £1 million trial, 1505

French law, review of criminal justice system, 326, 669, 1638

Freemasonry, influence on the profession, 1492

—members resign after receiving government questionnaire, 1667

G

Gays, partnership rights, 359

—Peter Tatchell charged with indecency in church, 1467

Guidance Note, General Note for Prosecutors issued by the Attorney General, use by the prosecution of answers obtained under compulsory powers in criminal proceedings, 208

H

Health and Safety, Construction Design Management regulations, 183

—work related deaths, 910

Housing law, accelerated possession procedure, 546

—disrepair cases in small claims court, 238

—fair rents, 951

—unlawful eviction, damages for, 549

Human Rights Law Update column, 633, 1204

Human Rights, abuses by transnational companies, 1686, 1706

—Commonwealth Caribbean constitutional law, 1026

—contained in the Northern Ireland Agreement, 778

—covert policing, entrapment, 511, 935

—decision in Grant, 376

—discrimination, 1617

—ECHR guidance to prosecutors, 150

—harassment of lawyers, 269

—incorporation of European Human Rights Convention into English law, 307, 1667, 1704

—Kenya, trial of Juma Kiplenge, 1259

—Law Society/Liberty awards 1998, 1870

—nature of the British Human Rights Act, 488

—religious freedoms, 524

—right to peaceful protest, 1688

—schools booklet, Rights and Freedoms for Everyone, 358

—smoking in the workplace, 10

I

Immigration law, advice, good standards rely on legal aid funding, 204

—appeals procedure, 635

—fresh evidence principle, 342

—Government’s proposed regulation of solicitors unnecessary, 430

—Law Society proposal for an Immigration Law Accreditation Scheme, 744, 972

—system being abused by practitioners, 1077

Information Technology special issue, 432, 1711,

—e-mail, 1273

Insolvency, Society of Practitioners’ handbook, 542

Insurance, claims against insolvent wrongdoers, 42

—indemnity, proposals for solicitors, 151

—Personal Insurance Arbitration Service, 755

—road traffic, no claims bonuses, 1672

Intellectual property law, Law Commission Consultation Paper, 29

—rights and the World Cup, 884

International crime, threat to global stability, 774

International Criminal Court, new permanent court to be set up, 1381

International law, government supports International Criminal Court, 271

—jurisdiction immunity, General Pinochet, 1631

Internet, cheaper access to, 1048

—protection of domain names, 811

J

Judicial appointments, posts advertised, 269

Judiciary, abolition of Silk system proposed, 150

—accountability of, 233, 234

—applications from ethnic minorities encouraged, 394

—appointment of women judges, 597, 813

—designated civil judges, 1612

—Judge Richard Gee in fraud trial case, 1505

—judges’ accommodation, 1221

—judge’s role in allowing expert witness evidence, 974

—Lord Chancellor’s constitutional role, 24

—Mr Justice Harman retires, 233, 234

—role under Labour’s constitutional reforms, 1512

—vacancies for assistant recorder, 506

Juries, in fraud trials, 239

—proposed withdrawal of jury trial, 1169, 1467, 1613, 1742

—verdict in writing, 475

JUSTICE, calls for contingency legal aid fund, 651

—legal awards ceremony, 470

Juveniles, Children and Young Persons Act 1933, s 39, 5

L

Land law, National Land Information Service, 1347

Land Registry, independent complaints reviewer appointed, 234

Landlord and tenant, Law Commission, physical re-entry should be placed on a statutory footing, 114

—nuisance, derogation from grant, 57

—occupying for a business, 1644

—specific performance, 1475

—value of land, permissible margin of error, 481

Law Centres, funding, challenge to cuts by local council, 150

Law Commission, claims against insolvent wrongdoers, 42

—reform of the law of corruption, 271

—simpler civil limitation periods recommended, 6

Law Society, accreditation scheme for advice in police stations, 1384

—Bahl, Kamlesh, challenged over Deputy

—candidates summarise their manifestos, 862

—consultation paper on multi-disciplinary practices, 1542

—contested elections 1998, 686, 737

—Council meeting, nominations for Deputy Vice President, 197, 359

—Customer Focus Review Presentation, 393, 642

—cuts in committees, 1869, 1870

—election promises, 1417

—Keating to stand against Bahl for Deputy Vice President, 774

—Legal Aid Conference, 616, 650

—legal aid roadshows, 1612

—Lexcel awards, 1612

—liberalisation of the naming of law firms, 115

—mailing problems, 506

—Master of the Rolls to be approached on naming of law firms, 198

—moratorium on LPC places lifted, 115

—Napier, Michael, to stand for President, 738

—prepares for Woolf reforms, 1346

—presidential election winners, 1041, 1042, 1822

—professional insurance roadshows, 470

—reform of "gazumping" laws, 542

—review of reforms, 1465

—Smith, Roger, appointed new Director of Legal Education, 430

—Solicitors Indemnity Fund, contributions, attempt to put off risk banding defeated, 863, debate held in secret, 149

—Trainee Solicitors Group denied seat on Council, 115

Lawrence inquiry, media coverage, 1005

Lawspeak column, 137, 222, 310, 382, 458, 530, 606, 678, 761, 849, 921, 994, 1050, 1158, 1246, 1370, 1458, 1530, 1580, 1654, 1730, 1889, 1826

Legal Aid Board, extension of special investigations unit’s role, 506

—Orchard, Steve, reappointed as Chief Executive, 430

Legal aid, Access to Justice with Conditional Fees paper, summary of main points and reactions from the profession, 322, 357, 358, 360

—Bar proposes reforms to prevent abuse of system, 1079

—block contracting and franchises in civil litigation, 577

—clinical negligence franchises, 1744

—conditional fee proposals, 477, 486

—contingency fund campaign launched by the Bar, 113, 430

—contracting, conference held, 1702

—cuts will affect disadvantaged communities, 1704

—eligibility limits 1998, 404

—exclusive contracting, Law Society warns of reduction in access to justice, 862

—funding the legal system, 101

—Government decision not to increase rates for solicitors, 686

—JUSTICE calls for contingency fund, 651

—late payments, 1666

—Law Society proposes changes to administrative forms for applications, 542

—limit in medical negligence cases, 1665

—Lord Chancellor’s press briefing postponed, 270

—comments to Legal Action Group/Justice conference, 1006

—Lord Chief Justice appeals for justice available to all, 898

National Legal Service, private members’ Bill, 1006

—reforms, fee-setting strategies, 902, 1402, 1447

—reforms, human rights implications, 43

—implications for the consumer, 1630

—roadshows, 1612

—role of Board Regional Legal Services Committees, 78

—should be available for mediation, 1384

—solicitors not applying for franchises, 1665, 1666

—standard fees in family cases, 1593

—telephone green form service is withdrawn, 1419

Legal education, Law Society moratorium on LPC places lifted, 115

—review of training contracts, 216

University of Westminster, new premises opened by Cherie Booth, 1871

Legal Executives, key players in modern justice system, 394

—Paul Reed elected youngest ever President, 1079

Legal interpretation, Bacchiocchi v Academic Agency Ltd, 953, 986

Legal Ombudsman, annual report, 971

Legal system, proposals for a Ministry of Justice, 830

Legal training, repaying professional debts, 957

Libel, procedure, preliminary decision making, 655

Limitation, definition of "knowledge", 417

Litigants in person, Conrad Burnham, 899, 934

Litigation, citation of unreported cases, 1520

—Court of Appeal, specific recovery, 1226

—failure to pursue actions, 123, 213

—limitation defence, ignorance of law as valid reason for delay, 1708

—privilege, public policy, 1689

—privileged documents, 1366

—professional privilege, 408

—service of pleadings out of time, by fax, 1470

—striking out, Birkett v James, 1043

Local Government, Ombudsman, North of England, deaths in private residential homes, 1170

London Transport, legality of fixed fines, 690

Lord Chancellor’s Department, restructuring of communications department, 42

M

Magistrates, lay magistrates, Crown Court sittings, 1294

—unification of stipendiary bench, 541

Magistrates’ courts, clerks to qualify within ten year period, 1221

—disabled access, 150

—out of date reference quoted from Stone’s, 1135

Matrimonial, National Marriage Week, 199

Media law, journalists’ privilege, Saunders v Punch Ltd, 519

—privacy and the public interest, 1629

Mediation, Legal Aid Board policy outdated, 1384, 1596

—pilot study shows quicker settlement, 1170

Medical records, disclosure of, 1088

Medico-legal, Bolam defence after Bolitho case, 64

—compensation for unwanted pregnancy, 44

—genetics, Dolly debate, 413

—Medicines Act in need of reform, 908

—negligent sterilisations, 557

—regulation of supply of organs for transplants, 1138

—shaken baby syndrome, 1140

Mental illness, dealing with psychopathic offenders, 1596

Military law, Army Act 1955, 1652

—court-martial, as independent trials, 1156, 1209

habeas corpus, 1368

—jurisdiction over civilians, 759

—review of in-house procedure, 566

Miscarriage of justice, Derek Bentley case, 1171, 1228

—M25 murder, Rough Justice programme, 395

—Winston Silcott, 271

Mortgages, money judgments, Lloyds Bank v Hawkins, 1728

N

NACRO, call for abolition of mandatory life sentence, 394

Negligence, compensation for unwanted pregnancy, 44

—defective and dangerous products, 345

NLJ Book Review Supplement, 1181, 1553

NLJ Employment Law Review, 1305

NLJ Expert Witness Special Issue, 159, 695, 1089, 1753

NLJ Law Digest and Student Focus, 53, 125, 209, 279, 369, 448, 553, 625, 719, 783, 873, 945, 1017, 1145, 1233, 1329, 1442, 1517, 1605, 1677, 1785, 1814

NLJ Practice Direction, Applications for Return Orders by Unmarried Fathers, 179

—Central Office—Use of Colour Photocopies, 664

—Estates of Deceased Lloyd’s name, 131, 181

—Interest on Judgments to be Enforced Abroad, 411, 664

—Medical/Clinical Negligence, 59

—Relocation of the Principal Registry of the Family Division, Family Proceedings Department, 664

—Supreme Court Taxing Office, Practice Note No 1 of 1998, Summonses under Ord 62 r 21, 131

NLJ Precedent, Clause in Agricultural tenancy prohibiting genetic engineering, 1524

—Club rules, 750, 809

NLJ Special Student Issue, 1429

NLJ Wills and Trusts Special Issue, 1476

Northern Ireland, Agreement, human rights and equal opportunities, 778

O

Obituary, Major General John Mottram, 651

Office for the Supervision of Solicitors, all new law firms to visited by monitoring staff, 614

—charlatan solicitors, 1418, 1509

—end of self-regulation? 933

—Etherington, Zoe, appointed Head of Customer Focus, 506

—fraud investigations increase, 614

—Johnny Collins’s case, 1223

—open letter to the Director, 866

—performance results published, 1799

—practice certificates, case of Michael Hugh Greet, 469, 470

—profile of Peter Ross, 98

—quality of service, 429

—refundable case fees proposed, 1741

—to fine firms with no internal complaints procedure, 1704

—to take on new cases only where in-house procedures have been exhausted, 651

Official Referee’s Court, renamed The Technology and Construction Court, 1509

Out of Court, Finland, 674

—Highlands of Scotland, 922

—His Lordship slept here, here and here, 1893

—Life of Raleigh, 1494

—Mexico, 850

—Opera, 1582, 1734, 1894

—Samarkand and Bukhara, 1030

—Self-publish and be damned, 1892

—Transylvania, 762

—Turks and Caicos, 1210

—Ukraine, 1282

—Vietnam, 886

P

Packaging, new regulations, 251

Paedophiles, regulations to protect the public, 505

—criminology of, 882

—scale of the problem, 955, 990

Pensions, earmarking provisions in ancillary relief cases, 1484

Personal injury, compensation recovery scheme, 305

—effects of cuts in legal aid, 394

—House of Lords increases damages to victims, Wells v Wells, 1078

—legal aid limit, 1665

—member can sue members’ club, 1294

—motorcyclists awarded damages for hearing impairment, 1294

—pre-action protocol, 1547, 1615

—replacing legal aid with conditional fees fatally flawed according to research, 613, 616

Planning law, future of Wembley Stadium, 1884

—green belt and brown field development, 367

Plea bargaining, origins of, 323

Police, advice in police stations, Law Society accreditation, 1384

—complaints, case of Kevin Taylor, 1293

—proactive policing methods, 1133

—silence at the police station, 1598

Pornography, satellite, EU regulations, 846

Postscript, A nose for gold, 890

—Access to justice for all under no win no fee? 386

—Bar to the Bar? 314

—Black Magic Christmas, 1898

—Cargo of bitter salts, 1658

—Caribbean chaos, 190

—Close your eyes, turn your head, 818

—disappearance of William Huntley, 1126

—Drama, damages and disappointment, 1622

—Fat, snooty and short-sighted, 998

—Forbidden fruit, 1070

—Goozee and Leakey affair, 1586

—grave waters, 350

—Great Bournemouth mystery, 1162

—Hiding the rotten apples, 766

—I Spy, 262

—Impact of impact statements, 70

—Keep it short, 926

—lawyer’s legacy, 34

—mini pupillages, 226

—More tales of the suspected, 1374

—Murder mistaken, 570

—My favourite solicitor, 142

—Of stewards and stewarding, 1214

—Ring of truth, 1534

—Scarlet woman murder, 1034

—Stuff and turf, 422

—The Titanic and the 1913 Derby, 854

—Touching the corpse, 730

—Trapped, 534

—Tunnel vision of Percy Lefroy Mapleton, 962

—Turning porn into pelf, 1694

—Tutt, tutt, a Yank in the Temple, 106

—Uncle’s will, 1498

—Watch the Dicky-bird—and the judge, 1410

—Worse things happen at sea, 498

—Yours—truly, 1250

Powers of attorney, implications of managing financial affairs, 1552

Practice Direction, Enforcement in the High Court of County Court Judgments, No 32, 1574

—Leave to appeal and skeleton arguments, 1807

—Patents Court Consolidation, 1056

—SCTO Practice Note Number 2 of 1998 The Indemnity Principle: Recent Cases, 1488

Practice, decline in rural areas, 848

—firms’ advertising, 1874

—multi-disciplinary consultation paper, 1542

—repudiation of solicitors’ partnership, 1121

Prisoners, ex-offenders organisation set up, 1346

—suicides in detention, liability for, 154

Prisons, corrupting influence of, 1119

—Director-General of the Prison Service, 1063

—women’s prisons, 971

Probation, role of probation officers, 992

—Service to be modernised, 1222, 1258

Profession, advocates’ immunity from suit, 1450

—discrimination, Young Woman Lawyer survey, 150

—effects of stress, 618

—employment of women, 599

—practice management, LEXCEL award launched, 578

—public perception of lawyers, 77

—quality standards needed, 738

—self-regulation outdated, Fabian Society report, 826

—young solicitors, quality of life, 1704

Professional fees, Government publishes "fat cats" list, 649

—inquiry before the Law Lords into "fat cat" fees, 825

Profile, Attorney General, John Morris, 25

—Clive Stafford Smith, 1405

—Juma Kiplenge, 48

—Lord Bingham, 725

—Peter Ross, 98

—Richard Tilt, 1063

—Sir David Ramsbotham, 253

—Sir Paul Condon, 526

Property law, Law Society proposes reform of "gazumping", 542

—registering easements, 1670

Public Contracts, EU Procurement Rules, 1065

Public figures, treatment of in law, 1701

Q

Quarantine, Abolition Fund, 1043, 1419

R

Race, Commission for Racial Equality urges reform of Race Relations Act, 863

—more applications for silks encouraged from ethnic minorities, 394

—multiculturalism in English law, 415

Rape, cross-examination of victim, 1078

Religion, evangelism, 524

Repetitive Strain Injury, Financial Times case, 1222

Rights of audience, Bar’s view, 1546

—government consultation paper, 967, 969, 970

—Government likely to support extended rights for employed barristers, 898

—professions’ response to the Lord Chancellor’s consultation paper, 1346

—should be extended to solicitors under the Crime and Disorder Bill, 269, 270

—solicitor advocates not exercising rights, 1422

—Zander’s response to government consultation paper, 1084

Road Traffic law, breathalyser procedures north and south of the border, 362

S

Scotland, devolution, implications for lawyers, 65

—law of corroboration reviewed, 199

—Law Society launches Dial-a-Law service, 395

—Thomas Campbell, Joseph Steele appeals fail, 234

Sentencing, abolition of mandatory life sentence, 394

—alternatives to prison, 1364

—case of Michael Stone, 1629

—drugs importation, case of Sarah Wilson, 1334

—role of the victim, 1263

—judges to explain more fully sentences in open court, 115

—more flexible approach, 685

—reconviction rates, 1119

Sexual harassment, serial offenders in America, 1543

Sex offences, public protection and the rights of the offender, 84

Small claims, increasing the limit, 274

—procedure, assisting clients, 623

—should be separate from County Court list, 359

Solicitor-advocates, entitled to same rights as barristers, clients they previously advised, 899

Solicitors, amount of free advice given, 115

—Annual Conference 1998 round-up, 1594

—1999 to take place in Paris, 1078

—anti money laundering, 1259

—big firms neglecting public interest, 1044

Cashflow and Improved Financial Management booklet launched, 739

—compulsory CPD scheme, 1509

—creating a brand image, 920

—Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association, ask for Emergency General Meeting of Law Society over legal aid proposals, 578

—Disciplinary tribunal, 1797, 1799

—fees, cash basis taxation, 6, 115

—from ethnic minorities not applying for legal aid franchises, 1666

—Government plans to regulate immigration law advisers, 430

—guidance on fees required, 686

—Indemnity Fund, 41, 42, 198, 358, 580, 614,

—legal firm Kaim Todner seek anonymity, 897

—practice, privileged conversation, 649

—pro bono group conference, 774

—problems of small practice, 673

—professional insurance, 470

—Property Group appeals to Master of the Rolls over Law Society proposals on risk banding, 826

—Property Group seeks judicial review of Law Society Indemnity rules, 1170

—repudiation of partnership, 1121

—research into solicitors’ response to complaints, 832

—theft by overcharging, 1541

—Trainee Solicitors Group denied seat on Law Society Council, 115, 322, 394

Solicitors Indemnity Fund, judicial review of legality of monopoly, 1222, 1294, 1345, 1542,

—loss of monopoly would increase premiums, 1729

—waivers, 1418

Sport law, Bath rugby forward banned for six months, 197

—Law Society seminar, 1135

Supreme Court Taxing Office, Practice Direction No 2 of 1998, 1363, 1604

T

Tagging, 1800

Taxation law, artificial tax avoidance, 118, 185, 219

General of Berne v Jardine Reinsurance, 331, 621

—level of tax on damages awarded, 337

—repercussion of R v W and Another, 747

Thai Trading Company v Taylor, 405

Taxing Matters column, 302, 841, 1358

Technology, computer viruses, 1022

Terrorism, legislation changes after the Omagh bombing, 1293

Theft, solicitor, accused of overcharging, 1541

Thompson, Sheila, leaves the LCD press office, 578

Timeshares, 1997 Regulations, 654

Town and country planning, public opinion, 981, 1016

—review of recent planning decisions, 243

Trade marks, Peter Lawrence appointed Director, 271

Transsexuals, marriage rules in Singapore, 202

Trials, judge’s role in allowing expert witness evidence, 974

—procedure in magistrates’ court, either way offences, 62, 134

Trust law, perpetuities and accumulations, Law Commission proposals, 507

V

Victim Support, role of the organisation, 1468

W

Welfare law, child support, new proposals, 1509

—"habitual residence" and income support

Wills, testamentary provision for older clients, 1476

Witnesses, children, caring for, 510, 1612

Woman Lawyer Conference 1998, 615

Women, appointment of women judges, 597

World trade, Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 78

Z

Zander, Professor, retires from LSE, 935


Article Index 1998

Abuse of process and bad faith, Richard Taylor, 1650

Accelerated possession procedure, Nic Madge, 546

Access to justice with conditional fees, Christopher Hodges, 917

Access to justice for all under no win no fee? Christopher Frazer, 386

Accountability of transnationals for human rights abuses, Richard Meeran, 1686, 1706

Adjustment disorder, Nicola Fox, 164

Advocates’ immunity, Colin Passmore, 1450

Alternatives to prison sentences, Andrew Rutherford, 1364

An age old problem, Gillian Baxter, 1746

An effective law for the resolution of partnership disputes? Justice Day, 838

Appointing women judges, Clare McGlynn, 597

Aristocracy of the mediocre, Silvia Rice, 1492

Awards of costs against assisted parties, Alan Barton, 911

Bar to the Bar? Eric Crowther, 314

Barrister and parliamentarian, James Morton, 25

Barristers and their fees, Richard Colbey, 378

Battered solicitor, Julian Gibbons, 673

Beguiling price cuts, Bernard Day, 1729

Bench will retire, Brian Hilliard, 492

Best practice in training, Nick Armstrong, 1429

Beyond belief—the case of Zoora Shah, Susan Edwards, 667

Beyond the pale, B Mahendra, 1762

Big boys behaving badly, Arnold Rosen, 1044

Bill to be tough on crime, Andrew Rutherford, 13

Binding over and the right to protest, Rona Epstein, Steve Foster, 1688

Black Magic Christmas, Richard Whittington-Egan, 1898

Bolam and Bolitho: A new standard of care for doctors? Walter Scott, 64

Breathalyser procedures—north and south, Nigel Ley, 362

Bureaucrat’s dream and a citizen’s nightmare? Richard Young, Gwynn Davies, Nick Wikeley, 692

Buy one, get one free, David Fisher, 1874

Calculating the cost of justice, Vivien Prais, 101

Cannabis and the defence of necessity, Michael Watson, 1260

Care orders and the State’s responsibilities, Patrick Gallagher, 670

Cargo of bitter salts, Richard Whittington-Egan, 1658

Caribbean chaos, David Grant, 190

Caring for tomorrow’s victims, Julian Broadhead, 1468

Causative aspects of "suggestibility", Peter M Bond-Kaplan, 740

Causing water pollution, Iain MacDonald, 559

Century of consistency, Peter Hill, 1028

Changing a child’s name, Helen Conway, 1634

Changing the weather, Justine Thornton, 1010

Changing times? Tim Bourne, 654

Changing to Eurocurrency, Raymond O’Rourke, 82

Charity Commission: regulation and support of charities, HW Wilkinson, 752

Child pornography on the Internet, 451

Chronic post concussional symptoms after mild head injury and whiplash, Frank Tallis, Nicola Fox, 1106

Citation of unreported cases—a challenge, Francis Bennion, 1520

Client as consumer, Gwynn Davis, Christa Christensen, Suzanne Day, Jane Worthington, 832

Clinical negligence franchises, Steve Orchard, 1744

Close your eyes, turn your head, Brian McConnell, 818

Clubs and Data Protection Act 1984, Roderick Ramage, 483

Clubs, Roderick Ramage, 750, 809

Collective employment law, David Antill, 1305

Company shareholders and directors, Roderick Ramage, 91

Compensation recovery under the new regime, Nick White, 305

Competency: children and witnesses with learning disabilities, JR Spencer, 1472, 1526

Concept of child protection, Helen Conway, 1012

Conditional fee agreements, Lord Ackner, 477

Confiscation without conviction, Andrew Rutherford, 1820

Constitutional issue—the judges and the Bar, Robin de Wilde, 1424

Contract of employment, David Newell, 1321

Controlled drugs—the legal framework, Leonard Jason-Lloyd, 1387

Court experts, Anthony Speaight, 1770

Court martial—an independent and impartial trial? Paul Camp, 1156, 1209

Covert policing and the Convention: entrapment, Peter Noorlander, 511

CPS of tomorrow: is Glidewell enough? Christopher Frazer, 861

Credit card fraud, Roger Brownsword, 133

Crime and imprisonment, Andrew Rutherford, 1575

Criminal Cases Review Commission—one year on, Leonard Jason-Lloyd, 1174, 1244

Criminal standard of proof, John Warwick Montgomery, 582

Criminalising artificial tax avoidance, Martyn Bridges, Paul Atkinson, Robert Rhodes, Rowan Bosworth Davies, 118, 185, 219

Cross-examining, Eric Crowther, 1328

Damages for fatal accidents "The No Test Test", Carol Jackson, 272

Damages for negligent sterilisations, Walter Scott, 557

Dangerous product litigation, Gary Slapper, 345

Dangers of contractual indemnity clauses, Jonathan Goodliffe, 564

Decent regimes and soaring numbers, Andrew Rutherford, 1063

Democratic and legal deficits of Europol, Alastair Brown, 1404

Deniable success, Gary Slapper, 586

Directors’ responsibilities and shareholders’ wishes, Stephen Tromans, 21

Disappearance of William Huntley, Wilf Gregg, 1126

Disclosure of medical records, The Hon Mr Justice Cazalet, 1088

Disclosure under the new Civil Procedure Rules, Margaret Hemsworth, 1300, 1352

Discrimination law, Helen Desmond, 1312

Documentation security and computer evidence, Alistair Kelman, 712

Dodgy penalties, Richard Colbey, 690

Dolly, dignity and the genetics debate, Roger Brownsword, 413

Don’t steal the boardroom table, Amanda Maclachlan, 29

Do’s and don’ts of cross-examination, Eric Crowther, 1444

Doubts of an expert witness, Brian McConnell, 1110

Drafting for health and safety, Gillian Birkby, 183

Drama, damages and disappointment, Michael Nash, 1622

Due diligence defence, David G Fidler, 328, 379

EC employment law, Jeff Kenner, 1316

Employment of children, Malcolm Sargeant, 472

End of the affair, Eric Crowther, 1236

Europe’s children—sacrificial lambs? Susan Edwards, 846

Exclusion of fresh evidence, Zahir Chowdhury, 342

Expert as adjudicator, Anthony Speaight, 708

Expert witness immunity, Colin Passmore, 1758

Experts and privilege, Colin Passmore, 1366

Expert’s duty to the court, Nicholas Caddick, Mark Teasdale, 1102

Experts face the challenges of change, B Mahendra, 172

Experts—hired guns? Zakaria Erzinclioglu, 867

Experts—the shape of things to come, District Judge Bird, 698

Explaining evidence logically, Tony Vignaux, Bernard Robertson, 159

Farewell industrial tribunals—but whither the EAT? Alan C Neal, 1322

Fat cats—not here! Lawrence Caun, 1577

Fat, snooty and short-sighted, Brian McConnell, 998

Fishing in the Court of Appeal, Colin Passmore, 1226

Food safety, Raymond O’Rourke, 1332

For what we are about to receive, Andrew Harper, 398

Forbidden fruit, Jonathan Goodman, 1070

Forensic accountants, Toni Pincott, 1768

Foresight and foreseeability, Seán Enright, 1636

Gamma minus? Martin Mears, 486

George Blake, Mary Bell and unjust enrichment, Steve Hedley, 723

Getting the balance right, France Russell, 84

Give us a fair hearing, Robert Sayer, 1465

Glimpse of French criminal justice, Simon Wesley, 326, 669

Goozee and Leakey affair, Richard Whittington-Egan, 1586

Grave waters, Richard Whittington-Egan, 350

Great Bournemouth Mystery, Richard Whittington-Egan, 1162

Habitual residence and income support, HW Wilkinson, 1176

Heave-hoe to garden leave, Jane Middleton, 579

Hedge and ditch rule, HW Wilkinson, 877

Hiding the rotten apples, Brian Hilliard, 766

His Lordship slept here, here, and here, Brian McConnell, 1893

HIV and reform of the law, Murray Earle, 757

Home thoughts from abroad, Stephen O’Doherty, 1802

How can you defend a man ...? Eric Crowther, 1607

Human Rights and the Bar, Heather Hallett, 1453

Identifying the alcoholic lawyer, Jonathan Goodliffe, 1877

If it’s good enough for them, Martin Bowley, 778

Impact of impact statements, Eric Crowther, 70

Improving access to justice, Alan Tunkel, 88, 245, 301

Improving immigration advice, Sue Willman, 204

In-house review of court-martial proceedings, Judge Advocate, Camp, 566

Increasing the small claims limit, John Baldwin, 274

Indemnity insurance—the real options, Martin Mears, 151

Indemnity principle following General of Berne v Jardine Reinsurance, Peter Hurst, 331, 621

Indemnity principle following Thai Trading Company v Taylor, Peter Hirst, 405

Independent Bar under New Labour, Nigel Ley, 1295

Indivisibility of the Crown, Robert Rhodes, Simon Stafford-Michael, Martyn J Bridges, 747

Instructing the expert, B Mahendra, 695

Intellectual property rights and the World Cup, Edward Bragiel, 884

Intention to occupy for a business, HW Wilkinson, 1644

Internet domain name disputes, Denis Kelleher, 811

Internet gaming, Joseph Kelly, 455

Intranet for lawyers, Nich Shepheard, 443

Journalists and privilege, Colin Passmore, 519

Judge as gatekeeper—a US practice worth adopting, Simon Pearl, Genesta Luxmoore, 974

Justice for children, Sir Stephen Brown, 510

Keep it short, Brian McConnell, 926

Key to claims under the EU Procurement Rules, Brian Clark, 1065

Last orders at La Pentola, Francis Bennion, 953, 986

Late payment of commercial debts, Indira Hann, 1676

Law Society hotch potch, Ramnik Shah, 744

Lawyer in Kenya, Patricia Wynn Davies, 48

Lawyer who works in the shadow of death, Julian Broadhead, 1405

Lawyers and the Internet: the fact behind the fiction, David Fisher, 1048

Lawyers at the forefront? Iain Campbell, 440

Lawyer’s legacy, Mark Jackson, 34

Lawyers under stress, David Fisher, 618

Legal aid and human rights, David O’Sullivan, 43

Legal basis for covert policing, Madeline Colvin, 1133

Legal research, Peter Hungerford-Welch, 1434

Less waste, more value? Gerry Cross, 1350

Life or death for the rural practice, David Keating, 848

Limited litigation service, John Frenkel, 623

Limiting fair rent increases, Nic Madge, 950

Listening man, Fiona Bawdon, 98

Litigating against a university, Helen Conway, Jonathan Butler, 1438

Living together—the thorny question, Arthur Baker, Peter Townsend, 779

Long shadow of the Bar, Michael Zander, 1422

Lord Chancellor under the spotlight, Roger Smith, 24

Making the Society work, Michael Mathews, Robert Sayer, Kamlesh Bahl, 1822

Malice aforethought? Bill Onwusah, 1022

Managing other people’s money, HW Wilkinson, 1552

Matching rhetoric with action, Stefanie Grant, 514

Meaning of "knowledge", Simon Elliman, 417

Mens Rea tests for money laundering offences, Chris Howard, 1818

Microchip gazing, Anne Johnson, 1714

Military jurisdiction over civilians, Paul Camp, 759

Mini pupillages, Jody Beveridge, 226

Ministry of Justice? Jean Graham Hall, Douglas F Martin, 830

Missing the targets, Gerry Cross, 1510

More Louis XIV than Cardinal Wolsey, Michael Zander, 1084

More on privilege, Colin Passmore, 1689

More power to the Executive? Lord Ackner, 1512

More tales of the suspected, Joe Beltrami, 1374

Muliticulturalism and the law, Sebastian Poulter, 415

Multipliers and lump sum payments, Iain Goldrein, 1149, 1237, 1360

Murder Mistaken, Richard Whittington-Egan, 570

Mutual fund, Robert Sayer, 580

My favourite solicitor, James Morton, 142

National Land Information Service, John A Greed, 1347

Negligent expert, Colin Passmore, 702

Negligent hypnosis, Damian Carney, Philip Fine, 1766

New houses? Not in my back yard, HW Wilkinson, 367

New International Criminal Court, Nicholas Stewart, 1381

New Labour, new laws? Siobhan Deehan, 1138

New Labour’s attack on trial by jury, David Wolchover, Anthony Heaton-Armstrong, 1613

New Model Order 14—A comparison between RSC Order 14 and draft part 14 of the Civil Proceedings Rules, Margaret Hemsworth, 555

New partnership, Nigel Ley, 1082

New pre-action protocol for personal injury claims, Tamara Goriely, 1547, 1615

New vocation for lawyers, Richard Harrison, 915

No claims bonuses and road traffic liability, John Birds, 1672

No, I shan’t register, John A Greed, 1670

No interest for mortgagees after money judgment, Paul Mostyn, 1728

No More Excuses, Nicola Padfield, 561

No Smoking in the workplace, Stephen Bedeau, 10

Nose for gold, Victor M Knight, 890

Nuisance by a tenant as a derogation from grant, HW Wilkinson, 57

Of courts martial and writs of habeas corpus, Seán Enright, 1368

Of stewards and stewarding, John Welcome, 1214

Offence creating provision—time for change? Paul Camp, 1652

One question too many, Eric Crowther, 1400

Open culture, Julian Broadhead, 493

Open letter, I Dean, 866

Organised crime and the EC Budget in 1997, Alastair Brown, 1046

OSS: still work to be done, Martin Mears, 1741

Paedophilia and paedophiles, Keith Soothill, Brian Francis, Elizabeth Ackerley, 882

Pensioner, British Gas and the Solicitor’s Bill, Richard Colbey, 1298

Permissible margin of error, HW Wilkinson, 481

Perpetuities and accumulations, HW Wilkinson, 507

Picture is worth a thousand words, Philip Plowden, Michael Stockdale, 432

Pink platform, Martin Bowley, 376

Plea bargaining goes back a hundred years, Michael Zander, 323

Plea before venue, Giles Bavidge, Kevin Kerrigan, 62, 134

Plea in mitigation, Eric Crowther, 1679

Piercing the corporate veil, Bill Maughan, Stephen Copp, 938

Poisoned chalice? Neil Gow, 65

Policing through partnerships, Andrew Rutherford, 526

Post decision evidence, Gail Elliman, 635

Postman always scams twice, Bill Onwusah, 1273

Precedents for the "written explanation", John O’Hare, 1604

Prejudice in the small firm, Linda Delany, 27

Prescribing without prescription, Jean McHale, 908

Presence to be reckoned with, Andrew Rutherford, 725

Pricing, risk and returns, Roger Bowles, Neil Rickman, 902

Prisgov at Waverider seeks help, Peter M Quinn, 462

Pro Bono Legal Advice Centre, Suzanne Fine, 1432

Pros and cons of preliminary decision making, Patrick Milmo, 655

Professional duties in the instruction of experts, Mark Hill, 1096

Protecting your data, Renzo Marchini, 441

Protection from discrimination, Geoffrey Bindman, 1617

Psychiatric injury claims, Stephen Irwin, Jonathan Glasson, 1816

Public law-private law divide, Nicholas Bamforth, 136

Public opinion: a material consideration? HW Wilkinson, 981, 1016

Publish and damn, Ian Cram, 1748

Punishment and procedure in the US, William T Pizzi, 988

Quality and quantity in immigration advice, Ruth Bundey, 972

Recent developments in res judicata, Ian Gordon, 1394

Recent developments in unfair dismissal, Alan C Neal, 1318

Redundancy and the transfer of undertakings, Colin Bourn, 1308

Reform for jury trial? AM Prichard, 475

Reform of French criminal procedure, Andrew West, 1638

Reforming the system, David Capper, 1402, 1447

Repaying professional debts, Martin Bowley, 957

Repudiation of a solicitors’ partnership agreement, Sylvia Elwes, 1121

Revolution in the county court, Michael Hawthorne, 454

Rewriting history in the Court of Appeal, Francis Bennion, 1228

Ring of truth, John Rigby, 1534

Scarlet Woman Murder, Richard Whittington-Egan, 1034

Schools for crime—dangerous drivers after imprisonment, Nigel Walker, Michael Hough, 1119

Second post mortems, David Hinchcliff, 178

Self-publish and be damned, Terence Frisby, 1892

Service of pleadings out of time, GI Howells, 1470

Setting up as an expert, B Mahendra, 1089

Sex discrimination and trainees’ salaries, 600

Shaking shocker, Margaret McCabe, 1140

Shifting expert evidence in RSI cases, Brian McConnell, 1753

Should we tolerate zero tolerance? Ann Grady, 1528

Signature of a document, Leslie Rutherford, Stephen Wilson, 380

Signs and symptoms, Pauline Colledge, 1776

Silence at the police station, Philip Plowden, 1598

Small claims arbitrations and costs, Julien Foster, 1266

Snoozing giant of bureaucracy, Arnold Rosen, 642

Solicitor’s profession—slow decline or golden future, Kamlesh Bahl, 920

Solicitors’ undertakings to banks, HW Wilkinson, 1810, 1882

Spammer in the works, Bill Onwusah, 1718

Specific performance of a tenant’s covenant, HW Wilkinson, 1475

Spending privilege, Colin Passmore, 408

Spinning in the wind, Roger Smith, 357

Standing in someone else’s shoes, Melanie Plimmer, 1026

Statutory damages for unlawful eviction, Andrew Dymond, 549

Striking out: what the doctor ordered, Colin Passmore, 123, 213

Structural problem, Fiona Bawdon, 491

Stuff and turf, John Welcome, 422

Suicides in detention and the duty of care, Steve Foster, 154

T v T: pension earmarking, Eleanor Ingham, 1484

Tagging, Julian Broadhead, 1800

Tale of two Russians, Geoffrey Bindman, 307

Tax and damages, Gordon Dawes, 337

Taxing and the Internet, Denis Kelleher, 438

Tell me what you really want, Neil Addison, 1061

Those same old arguments, Julian Gibbons, 1546

Three sites to bookmark on the Web browser, Charles Christian, 1720

Titanic and the 1913 Derby, John Welcome, 854

To bail or not to bail? Eric Crowther, 1019

To open or not to open, Eric Crowther, 1148

Too good to be true? Nichols Bridges-Adams, 755

Touching the corpse, Brian McConnell, 730

Training contract under review, Nick Armstrong, 216

Transsexual marriages in Singapore, KL Ter, 202

Trapped, Brian Hilliard, 534

True scale of the problem, Pauline Colledge, 955, 990

Tunnel vision of Percy Lefroy Mapleton, Richard Whittington-Egan, 962

TUPE, dismissals and the variation of contractual terms, Brian Napier, 1642

Turning porn into pelf, 1694

Tutt, tutt, a Yank in the Temple, Brian McConnell, 106

Twin towers and conflicting demands, Carolyn Shelbourn, 1884

Uncle’s Will, Brian McConnell, 1498

Unfair terms and the OFT, Richard Colbey, 46

Victims and sentencing, Alisdair Gillespie, 1263

Victims’ rights in the US, William T Pizzi, 1805

Watch the Dicky-bird—and the judge, Brian McConnell, 1410

When can ignorance of the law defeat a limitation defence? Simon Elliman, 1708

When is evangelism illegal? John Warwick Montgomery, 524

Which sort of Human Rights Act? Francis Bennion, 488

Why arbitrate? Ken McAvoy, 168

Why dedication pays off in forensic accountancy, Catherine Rawlin, 1100

Why do probation officers always recommend probation? Julian Broadhead, 992

Wik Debate, Rowan Skinner, 844

Will the bug stop with solicitors? Andrew Horrocks, 1711

Will the reforms serve the public interest? Michael Zander, 969

Will women judges make a difference? Clare McGlynn, 813

Women in the legal profession, Catherine Barton, Catherine Farrelly, 599

Work related deaths, Barry Ecclestone, 910

Working time regulations 1998, Roderick Ramage, 1270

Worse things happen at sea, James Cameron, 498

Writing fund-raising applications, HW Wilkinson, 595

Wrongful prosecution and civil liability, Alistair Kelman, 1094

Yet another miscarriage? Martin Mears, 1334

Your Witness, Eric Crowther, 1519

Yours—truly, Jonathan Goodman, 1250


Author Index 1998

Ackerley, Elizabeth, Paedophilia and paedophiles, 882

Ackner, Lord, Conditional fee agreements, 477

—More power to the Executive? 1512

Addison, Neil, Tell me what you really want, 1061

Akdeniz, Yaman, Child pornography on the Internet, 451

Antill, David, Collective employment law, 1305

Armstrong, Nick, Best practice in training, 1429

—Training contract under review, 216

Atkinson, Paul, Criminalising artificial tax avoidance, 118, 185, 219

Bahl, Kamlesh, Solicitor’s profession—slow decline or golden future, 920

Baker, Arthur, Living together—the thorny question, 779

Baldwin, John, Increasing the small claims limit, 274

Bamforth, Nicholas, Public law-private law divide, 136

Barton, Alan, Awards of costs against assisted parties, 911

Barton, Catherine, Women in the legal profession, 599

Bavidge, Giles, Plea before venue, 62, 134

Bawdon, Fiona, Listening man, 98

—Structural problem, 491

Baxter, Gillian, An age old problem, 1746

Bedeau, Stephen, No Smoking in the workplace, 10

Beltrami, Joe, More tales of the suspected, 1374

Bennion, Francis, Citation of unreported cases—a challenge, 1520

—Last orders at La Pentola, 953, 986

—Rewriting history in the Court of Appeal, 1228

—Which sort of Human Rights Act? 488

Beveridge, Jody, Mini pupillages, 226

Bindman, Geoffrey, Protection from discrimination, 1617

—Tale of two Russians, 307

Bird, District Judge, Experts—the shape of things to come, 698

Birds, John, No claims bonuses and road traffic liability, 1672

Birkby, Gillian, Drafting for health and safety, 183

Bond-Kaplan, Peter M, Causative aspects of "suggestibility", 740

Bosworth Davies, Rowan, Criminalising artificial tax avoidance, 118, 185, 219

Bourn, Colin, Redundancy and the transfer of undertakings, 1308

Bourne, Tim, Changing times? 654

Bowles, Roger, Pricing, risk and returns, 902

Bowley, Martin, If it’s good enough for them, 778

—Pink platform, 376

—Repaying professional debts, 957

Bragiel, Edward, Intellectual property rights and the World Cup, 884

Bridges, Martyn J, Indivisibility of the Crown, 747

—Criminalising artificial tax avoidance, 118, 185, 219

Bridges-Adams, Nicholas, Too good to be true? 755

Broadhead, Julian, Caring for tomorrow’s victims, 1468

—Lawyer who works in the shadow of death, 1405

—Open culture, 493

—Tagging, 1800

—Why do probation officers always recommend probation? 992

Brown, Alastair, Democratic and legal deficits of Europol, 1404

—Organised crime and the EC Budget in 1997, 1046

Brown, Sir Stephen, Justice for children, 510

Brownsword, Roger, Credit card fraud, 133

—Dolly, dignity and the genetics debate, 413

Bundey, Ruth, Quality and quantity in immigration advice, 972

Bundock, Michael, Sex discrimination and trainees’ salaries, 600