Navigate the landscape of coronial law with Jervis on Coroners. This quintessential guide is the leading resource for anyone involved in a coroners inquest or investigation, taking you step-by-step through the practice and procedure. From the fundamental principles to the complexity of homicide cases, disasters, prescribed diseases and notifiable accidents, this work provides detail and insight across the full spectrum of issues that you might encounter.

Jervis on Coroners is more than just a reference its the key to understanding the nuances of this legal system and the specific powers and duties of the coroner. With a logical structure and all-angles approach it is essential reading for coroners, solicitors and barristers, local government officials and medical examiners. Secure your copy now to ensure that you are equipped with the expertise to handle even the most intricate of cases with confidence and authority.

• The authority on coronial law and its practice in coroner inquests and investigations.
• Consolidates all relevant procedures, rules, materials and legislation to deliver complete guidance on this legal system.
• Explains the classification, appointment and function of coroners and medical examiners and their territorial jurisdiction.
• Covers all matters relevant to beginning an investigation, outlining the basis for a coronial investigation and the required reports and certificates.
• Addresses the scope of an investigation and the four statutory questions: who died, how, when and where?
• Looks at issues of information and publicity such as disclosure, data protection, freedom of information, privilege and coroners powers to obtain such information.
• Guidance on procedures before an inquest, during the preliminaries and at the inquest itself.
• Commentary on special cases of homicide, notifiable accidents and prescribed diseases, treasure and major disasters.
• Outlines post-inquest matters including administration, fees, appeals and statutory and judicial review.
• Additional analysis of the international dimension of coroners and human rights.
• Accompanied with legislation, forms and precedents.

This title provides you with all the guidance you need on the law governing the voluntary assignment of things in action. It covers the nature of assignment, equitable assignments, restrictions, priorities, liabilities, conflict of law and more. The commentary is clear and concise and follows the approach of titles such as Chitty on Contracts enabling you to find a statement of law and, for each issue or topic, the authority that supports it.

• Defines assignment before outlining and giving examples of choses in action, detailing the requirements for assignment and looking at the relationship of assignment and other transactions.
• Examines the law of assignment under section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925.
• Goes through equitable assignment and agreements to assign, covering both an equitable assignment of an equitable chose and of a legal chose.
• Deals with restrictions on assignment and covers contractual terms forbidding assignment, prohibition by statute or public policy and personal contracts and covenants.
• Discusses the position of creditors, trustees in bankruptcy and personal representatives of the assignor and the liquidator of an assignor company.
• Analyses the problems associated with priorities including those between competing assignees, competing holders of interests in shares and an assignee and a chargee under a charge created by a company.
• Considers special priority rules and variation of priorities.
• Establishes defences available to the obligor under assignments subject to equities, including defences that impeach the existence or enforceability of the chose in action assigned, set-off, and right of retainer.
• Reviews available financing devices, factoring, block discounts and securitisation.
• Looks at situations where there is assignment of obligations or liabilities.

The fifth edition has been comprehensively updated throughout to ensure you have the latest guidance at your fingertips. Key changes include new discussions on whether a contract reflects a single chose in action or a bundle of choses and an examination of the distinctions between an intention to assign and contractual intention. It also addresses whether the debtor or obligor has a right to sight the assignment.

Other new features of this edition include:

• Additional new commentary on the redaction of documents relied on in court; the effects of backdating an assignment; the doctrine of relation on the assignees interest before the chose is assigned; whether termination of a contract affects a non-assignment clause; and priority between beneficiary under a trust and assignee of the trustee.
• Expanded commentary on relief by way of interpleader; agreements to assign an existing chose in the future; form of writing for equitable assignments of equitable choses; prohibitions on assignment; marshalling; abatement; and equitable set-off.
• Updated with new UK case law including: Promontoria (Oak) Ltd v Emanuel [2021] EWCA Civ 1682, [2022] 1 WLR 2004; Hudson v Hathway [2022] EWCA Civ 1648, [2023] K.B. 345; Farrar (Deceased) v Miller [2021] EWHC 1950 (Ch); Farrar v Miller [2022] EWCA Civ 295; Re Smith [2021] EWHC 1272 (Comm); LA Micro Group (UK) Ltd v LA Micro Group Inc [2023] EWCA Civ 214, [2024] Ch. 1; Phoenix Group Foundation v Harbour Fund II LP [2023] EWCA Civ 36; Dassault Aviation SA v Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 5; and Energy Works (Hull) Ltd v MW High Tech Projects UK Ltd [2022] EWHC 3275 (TCC), 206 Con. L.R. 40
• Relevant cases from other jurisdictions including: Re O''Hara-Tucker [2022] VSC 572 (Australia); Billabong Gold Pty Ltd v Vango Mining Ltd (No. 2) [2023] WASCA 58 (Australia); Winland Finance Ltd v Gain Hero Finance Ltd [2022] HKCFA 3 (Hong Kong); and Gravitas International Associates Pte Ltd v Invictus Group Pte Ltd [2022] SGHC 2 (Singapore).

 A primary reference tool on the general principles and the particular aspects of common law damages, McGregor on Damages is still the leading authority on damages and has been for 60 years. Provides comprehensive coverage of the law of damages, from detailed consideration of the general principles of damages to specific heads of damages and the operation of damages in many specific areas of law.

• Clarifies complex areas including loss of a chance, mitigation, causation, and exemplary damages
• Explains difficult and rapidly developing heads of damages such as licence fee damages, vindicatory damages
• Includes consideration of the operation of money awards in equity including equitable damages, equitable compensation and disgorgement of a defendant''s profits
• Examines specific issues as periodical payments, breaches of undertakings as to damages, damages, and interest on damages
• Goes through the statement of case, the trial and appeals
• Considers damages in relation to particular contracts, torts and human rights such as below:

Contracts

• Sale of Goods, Hire and Hire-purchase of Goods, Sale of Land, Contracts to Pay or to Lend Money, Contracts for Carriage, Contracts of Employment, and Contracts for Professional Services

Torts

• Torts affecting Goods: Damages and Destruction, Misappropriation, Torts Affecting Land, Torts Causing Personal Injury, Torts Causing Death, Assault and False Imprisonment, Malicious Institution of Legal Proceedings, Defamation, Economic Torts, Misrepresentation, Infringement of Privacy, Confidence and Private information, and Misfeasance in Public Office

Human Rights

• Comprehensive examination of damages under the Human Rights Act 1998 including the claims for which these damages are available, the circumstances when they will be available, and their quantum.

The 22nd edition contains a number of significant new features:

• Each and every chapter of the book''s chapters has been updated and many have been very substantially revised.
• An entirely new chapter on Equitable Damages, featuring the operation of damages awarded under s 50 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 (commonly described as Lord Cairns'' Act damages) as well as the different types of equitable compensation and how they differ from "equitable debt".
• Coverage of significant recent case law developments in the law of damages including: Lloyd v Google LLC [2021] UKSC 50; [2022] AC 1217 (data protection and licence fee damages) Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP [2021] UKSC 20; [2022] AC 783 and Meadows v Khan [2021] UKSC 21; [2022] AC 852 (scope of a defendant''s duty and remoteness of damage); Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd [2021] UKSC 1; [2021] AC 649 and Davies v Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWHC 169 (QB) (causation of loss); K Line Pte Ltd v Priminds Shipping (HK) Co Ltd ("The MV Eternal Bliss") [2021] EWCA Civ 1712; [2022] 3 All ER 396 (demurrage); Henry v Attorney-General of St Lucia [2023] UKPC 41, R (Abulbakr) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 1183 (Admin) and Oluponle v Home Office [2023] EWHC 3188 (KB) (false imprisonment); Armstead v Royal Sun Alliance Insurance Co Ltd [2024] UKSC 6 and Charles B Lawrence & Associates v Intercommercial Bank Ltd [2021] UKPC 30 (remoteness of damage); E D & F Man Capital Markets Ltd v Come Harvest Holdings Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1704 (mitigation of loss); Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago v JM (a minor by his kin and next friend NM) [2022] UKPC 54 (vindicatory damages); Arsalan v Rixon [2021] HCA 40; (2021) 274 CLR 606 (damage to goods); Tuke v Hood [2022] EWCA Civ 23; [2022] QB 659 (deceit); Swift v Carpenter [2020] EWCA Civ 1295; [2021] QB 339 (personal injury).
• Explanation of the various ranges of damages for false imprisonment, defamation, harassment and misuse of private information.
• Attention to recent legislative amendments and important decisions in jurisdictions other than England and Wales, particularly Northern Ireland, Scotland, Australia, Canada, and the United States.
• Discussion and explanation of significant developments in relation to damages for personal injury, professional negligence, breach of privacy and misuse of private information, defamation, consequential loss and indemnity clauses, economic loss, aggravated and exemplary damages, vindicatory damages and many more.

Now in its twentieth edition, Terrell on the Law of Patents has been the leading authority on UK patent law since 1884. It provides the most detailed and authoritative commentary on law, practice and procedure comprehensively covering every stage from application to infringement. It advises on the fundamental aspects of patent law as well as more specialist issues such as FRAND and SPCs. Regularly cited in court, Terrell continues to set the standard by which others are compared and is an essential reference to keep you up to date with the very latest patent law developments.

• Includes the most significant and relevant case law from all levels of the UK Courts, the European Patent Office, the UK Patent Office and the Appeals Boards.
• Explains the application process for UK national patents and European patents.
• Addresses the issue of entitlement and answers the key questions: who may apply for a patent and who may be granted a patent?
• Discusses how to apply for a supplementary protection certificate, the conditions for granting SPCs and their effects.
• Covers FRAND licensing, undertakings and the nature and scope of obligations.
• Outlines the grounds for revocation as defined by the Patents Act 1977.
• Looks at different types of invalidity including lack of novelty, obviousness and insufficiency.
• Clarifies the principles of patent infringement to ascertain whether or not there has been an infringement, as well as outlining statutory exceptions and other defences.
• Discusses actions for infringement and looks at the parties involved, claims forms, trial procedure and remedies.
• Commentary on second medical use claims, human genome sciences and central amendments to patents.
• Explains compulsory licenses and licenses of right.
• Includes a new chapter on plausibility, discussing the criterion for a valid patent claim and addressing the questions: what is the standard of plausibility and what must be rendered plausible?
• Another new chapter on defences to infringement, examining the distinction between statutory and non-statutory defences as well as infringement with respect to the European Patent Convention, Patent Co-operation Treaty and Community Patent Convention.

 pplying IFRS^® Accounting Standards to real transactions and arrangements can be a significant challenge. As the reporting landscape is changing, communicating effectively to investors and other stakeholders has never been more important. Insights into IFRS is based on KPMG member firms’ experience of applying IFRS Accounting Standards around the world and explains our views on many interpretative issues. We’ve taken the questions that we’ve received and turned them into practical guidance to help you apply IFRS Accounting Standards to your situation.

Key features:

• Practical guidance for preparing and interpreting financial statements
• Clear and insightful analysis of technical accounting issues
• Real-life examples illustrating practical application
• The latest thinking on IFRS Accounting Standards, including forthcoming requirements and future developments
• An appendix of currently effective and forthcoming requirements

New to this edition:

• newly effective requirements for companies reporting at 31 December 2023, including:
  • material accounting policy information;
  • distinguishing between accounting policies and accounting estimates; and
  • deferred taxes;
• new guidance on:
  • voluntary carbon credits;
  • Pillar Two taxes;
  • dual use property; and
• enhanced guidance on:
  • the new insurance contracts standard; and
  • leases

Part of the Common Law Library series, Phipson on Evidence is the leading work on civil and criminal evidence. It examines in detail all aspects of the principles and procedures making up the law of evidence. Coverage includes the admission of evidence, the standard of proof, the attendance of witnesses, good and bad character, legal professional privilege, hearsay, expert evidence, confessions, judicial discretion and many other evidential issues.

Key Features

• Leading work and authority on civil and criminal evidence, frequently quoted in court
• Written by a prominent team of expert authors, with excellent balance between leading practitioners and academics
• Fully updates all changes brought in by the Civil Procedure Rules and the Criminal Procedure Rules
• Examines in detail all aspects of the complex principles and procedures which make up the law of evidence including admission of evidence, evidence taken or served prior to a trial, the rules of evidence during the course of a trial and the examination of witnesses
• Considers the burden and standard of proof
• Discusses all aspects of good and bad character
• Includes analysis of privilege and facts excluded by public policy
• Examines hearsay in civil and criminal proceedings
• Looks at the exclusion and inclusion of extrinsic evidence
• Examines the judicial discretion to admit or exclude evidence
• Considers a broad range of case law, including that of the Commonwealth

New to this supplement

The First Supplement to the Twentieth Edition covers all the latest developments in the law of evidence since publication of the Twentieth Edition in December 2021. These include important decisions on admission of evidence, the standard of proof, the attendance of witnesses, good and bad character, legal professional privilege, hearsay, expert evidence, confessions, judicial discretion and many other evidential issues. The supplement also considers important decisions from the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal such as R. v Carlos Wright [2022] EWCA Crim 1722, and AIC Ltd v Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria [2022] UKSC 16 to name a few.

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Hollington on Shareholder''s Rights provides guidance for readers on the statutory remedies for the protection of minority shareholders with coverage/guidance also of articles of association and shareholders'' agreements; the fiduciary duties of directors; restrictions on the power of the majority under general principles of equity and the principles of partnership law (such as good faith) which have been adopted in company law.

The new edition references the multitude of cases (particularly appellate) decided in the common law world and other developments since the last edition, requiring substantial rewriting of the text on many topics. Highlights are:

• Majority Rule- review of principles of abuse and excess of power and fraud in equity principles in Grand View Private Trust [2022] UKPC 47
• Bargain between shareholders - Re Compound Photonics Group Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1371 (contractual duty of good faith); Barton v Morris [2023] UKSC 3 (contractual interpretation, express and implied terms); Tulip Trading Ltd v Bitcoin Association for BSV [2023] EWCA Civ 83 (fiduciary relationships)
• Directors duties- BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA [2022] UKSC 25 and Stanford International Bank Ltd. v HSBC [2022] UKSC 34 (interests of creditors); ClientEarth v Shell [2023] EWHC 1137 and 1187 (Ch) (interests of members as a whole; derivative claim); duty to act for proper purpose where purposes mixed; Burnell v Trans-Tag Ltd Anor [2021] EWHC 1457 (Ch) (the leaving director)
• Derivative claims- McGaughey v Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 873 (common law derivative claims and fraud on minority); changes to CPR 19; Boston v Szerelmey [2020] EWHC 1136 (Ch), [2020] EWHC 3042 (Ch) and [2022] EWHC 2849 (Ch) and Leslie v Ball [2023] EWHC 1771 (Ch) (costs indemnity)
• Unfair Prejudice Principles - Re Compound Photonics Group Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1371; Financial Technology Ventures II (Q) LP v ETFS Capital Ltd [2021] JCA 176; Chu v Lau [2020] UKPC 24 (breakdown of trust and confidence; exclusion from management); Ming Siu Hung v JF Ming Inc [2021] UKPC 1 and Kwik v Yao [2022] UKPC 52 (ignoring minority; appeals; remedy); Re Coinomi Ltd [2022] EWHC 3178 (Ch) (relationship with derivative claim); FamilyMart China Holding v Ting Chuan [2023] UKPC 33 (ouster of court by arbitration agreement)
• Unfair Prejudice Remedies- Ming Siu Hung v JF Ming Inc [2021] UKPC 1 (share purchase order); Otello Corp ASA v Moore Frres and Co LLC [2020] EWHC 3261 (Ch), Smith v Smith [2022] EWHC 1035 (Ch), Re Cardiff City Football Club (Holdings) Ltd [2022] EWHC 2023 (Ch), Krishna Holdco Ltd v Gowrie Holdings Ltd [2023] EWHC 1538 (Ch) (discount for minority shareholding)
• Just and equitable winding up - Chu v Lau [2020] UKPC 24; Ming Siu Hung v JF Ming Inc [2021] UKPC 1; Duneau v Klimt Invest SA Plc [2022] EWHC 596 (Ch) (loss of substratum)
• Personal rights - Broadcasting Investment Group Ltd v Smith [2021] EWCA Civ 912, Allianz Global Investors GmbH v Barclays Bank plc [2022] EWCA Civ 353, Burnford v Automobile Association Developments Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1943 (reflective loss); Rossendale BC v Hurstwood Properties [2021] UKSC 16 (piercing the corporate veil)
• Miscellaneous rights the Take-Private merger and consolidation process under ss. 232-239 of the Cayman Islands Companies Act is now covered in detail, particularly for the light it sheds on share valuation methodology, practice and procedure.

Dicey, Morris Collins on The Conflict of Laws is renowned worldwide as the foremost authority on private international law. It explains the rules, principles and practice that determine how the law of England Wales relates to other legal systems. Its commentary, Rules and illustrations, with detailed reference to international conventions, legislation and case law, ensures it remains an indispensable tool for practitioners engaged in cross-border matters.

Across two volumes and a Companion Volume, it contains high-quality and detailed analysis. Volume 1 deals with general principles, the effects of withdrawal by the United Kingdom from the European Union, foreign affairs and the conflict of laws, procedural issues relating to international litigation, jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitration. Volume 2 deals with a number of specific areas of law. It addresses family law, property law, succession and trusts, corporations and insolvency and the law of obligations. A Companion Volume considers in greater detail the transitional issues arising from the United Kingdoms withdrawal from the European Union and the relevant EU legislation in a number of key areas.

The First Supplement to the 16th Edition brings the Main Work up-to-date. It deals with all developments since the publication of the Main Work.

Important developments considered in the First Supplement to the 16th Edition include:

• Detailed commentary on the revisions to the grounds for service out of the jurisdiction applicable from October 1, 2022.
• All the many new High Court and appellate cases on jurisdiction and enforcement of foreign judgments.
• Authorities on the enforcement of arbitration agreements.
• Analysis of new authorities on foreign affairs and the conflict of laws.
• Important new decisions on aspects of cross-border family law.
• New decisions on the interpretation of the rules on choice of law for contractual and non-contractual obligations and property.
• Consideration of case law on transitional issues arising following the withdrawal by the United Kingdom from the European Union.

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Clerk Lindsell on Torts, one of our flagship titles and part of the Common Law Library series, is an essential reference tool which is widely referred to by practitioners and cited by the judiciary throughout the UK and the Commonwealth, and also forms the point of reference worldwide for those wishing to research the English law of torts. It offers the most comprehensive coverage of the subject, providing the end user with indispensable access to current, frequent and unrivalled authoritative information on all aspects of tort law.

Key Features:

• Provides unrivalled breadth and depth of coverage on all areas of tort law
• Sets out both general principles and the detailed rules of liability affecting specific torts
• Explains in detail general matters, such as defences, joint liability and vicarious liability, and capacity and parties
• Covers all the important heads of tortious liability: negligence, breach of statutory duty, professional liability, product liability and occupiers liability, malicious prosecution and abuse of process, wrongful interference with goods, deceit, to trespass to land and to the person. Other chapters range from liability for animals to nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher, and from malicious falsehood to the economic torts, defamation, breach of confidence and misuse of private information
• Deals extensively with the vital topic of damages and other remedies, including injunctions
• Covers limitation in detail
• Takes full account of the effects of Brexit

New material in the Twenty-Fourth Edition:

• Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust and Stoffel Co v Grondona on the extent of the illegality defence in tort.
• FCA v Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd on the subject of adequate causation.
• Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell Plc on the duty of care owed by a holding company for the acts of its subsidiaries abroad.
• Toombes v Mitchell on the boundaries of wrongful birth and wrongful life.
• Bell v Tavistock Portman NHS Foundation Trust on older childrens ability to consent to medical procedures.
• Allsop v Banner Jones Ltd on solicitors negligence claims and abuse of process.
• Rihan v Ernst Young Global Ltd on employers duties to look after employees interests.
• Leeds City Council v Barclays Bank Plc on the requirement for a representation in the tort of deceit.
• Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd on misuse of private information and breach of copyright.
• Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd v James Kemball Ltd on how far the deliberate defunding of a company can amount to an economic tort.
• Swift v Carpenter on damages for serious injury and funding the purchase of a suitable property for a seriously disabled claimant.
• Canada Goose UK Retail Ltd v Persons Unknown and Boyd v Ineos Upstream Ltd on property, injunctions, protests and human rights.

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 Williams, Mortimer and Sunnucks is a leading authority on the law relating to personal representatives, grants of representation and the administration of estates after death. This new edition has been fully updated to take account of all recent changes in legislation and case law.

• Explains the various forms of probate, including grants where the deceased was domiciled abroad, and limited grants, special grants and discretionary grants
• Provides full coverage of contentious probate procedure and practice
• Covers the devolution of assets and claims on personal representatives
• Deals with the administration of estates, including insolvent estates, with a detailed examination of assets, taxation, and payment of debts, and the powers and liabilities of the personal representative
• Includes full coverage of the rules on family provision
• Looks at administration and other actions, including claims by and against the estate
• Discusses the distribution of assets, including on intestacy

Key new content in this Edition includes:

• Updated guidance on contentious probate procedure, including the new Chancery Guide and rectification of wills
• Increased coverage of the law of intestacy
• Updated treatment of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, including recent developments on claims by adult children, extension of time, and interim payments
• Consideration of the circumstances in which personal representatives will be authorised to pursue claims on behalf of the estate against beneficiaries
• Updated coverage of taxation of estates and the administration of digital assets
• Recent decisions on remuneration of personal representatives and removal of executors
• New coverage on the process of making online applications for grants of probate and administration
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