Analysis

Clarity disparity

Increased certainty on compensation payable for fatal asbestos diseases is what all parties seek. Lynn Rouse reports on a roundtable discussion focused on three recent cases

That sinking feeling

With new employment legislation due to be introduced, Peter Dobie explains why more needs to be done to prevent businesses becoming immersed in legal problems

Multiplication calculations

Increasingly, the Ogden Tables are being turned to without much consideration as to the validity of the life expectancy data they are based on. Douglas Russell asks whether there is a strong case for alternative multipliers to be used

On the straight or narrow

With Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules under review, Ed Vinales finds out if claimant and defendant commen-tators are heading in the same direction with their calls for change

Out of the courts

The 41st update to the Civil Procedure Rules comes into effect on 6 April. Alan Jacobs explains what this will mean in terms of pursuing alternative dispute resolution

Second claimant not owed duty

Mirant Asia Pacific Construction (Hong-Kong) and another v Ove Arup and Partners International and another - (Court of Appeal - 21 December 2005)

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