This year has seen a debate developing over the fraught question of what lawyers should earn. ‘Rich lawyers’ are the butt of many jokes (“I
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How Not to Read John Finnis
‘What is the Common Good, and How why does it concern the client’s lawyer’ 40 S. Tex. L. Rev. 41 1999 The common good is
Jersey Moot Court: 13-15 March 2015
In March 2015 the Institute of Law in Jersey and Anglo-American University of Prague will hold an international moot court competition in St Helier, Jersey.
A Classic Case in Public Law
The case of Attorney-General v Jonathan Cape Ltd [1976] QB 752 is one of a select few that become better known by a commonplace description
Revival of the Rule in Wilkinson v Downton
Until very recently, the rule in Wilkinson v Downton was seen to be a tort of diminishing significance in English law. According to Wright J
Consideration – Part 1
Despite Lord Blackburn’s view in Foakes v Beer (1884) that there was a benefit in prompt payment, it is not accepted that such ‘practical’ benefit