| 1 | Limitation periods: an overview An overview of limitation periods. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Privilege: an overview An outline of the law relating to privilege including legal advice privilege, litigation privilege, joint privilege and common interest privilege. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | SRA Code of Conduct 2011 toolkit A toolkit to guide users through PLC's resources on the SRA Code of Conduct 2011. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | An introduction to judicial review This practice note provides an introduction to the substantive law relating to judicial review. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Engagement letters Engagement letters are used by accountants, investment banks and other advisers to limit their liability when giving advice. This note deals with the issues that arise when limiting liability and summarises the provisions most commonly found in engagement letters. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | EU law and its interpretation in the UK An outline of the EU legislative process and its interpretation in the UK. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Fiduciary duties An outline of the common law fiduciary duties, ways of modifying those duties (including the use of Chinese walls) and proposals for reform. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | How the Budget becomes law This note takes a look at the process through which announcements made in the UK's annual budget become law. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | How to instruct a barrister: a guide for non-solicitors A note explaining how non-solicitors can instruct a barrister directly under the Licensed Access and Public Access schemes. | Practice notes | 20-Nov-2008 |
| 10 | Human Rights Act 1998: overview A note on the European Convention on Human Rights and its interaction with the Human Rights Act 1998 including links to relevant PLC content. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Interpreting legislation under section 3 of the Human Rights ... This practice note explains the rule under section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 that, so far as possible, legislation must be read and given effect in a way compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. The note explains: The scope of the rule and how it applies to various types of legislation. How the courts have approached its application. The limits of what kinds of interpretation are "possible" to achieve human rights compliance. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Joint, several and joint and several liability Where two or more persons are liable to another, they may be jointly liable, severally liable or jointly and severally liable. This note explains the concepts of joint, several, and joint and several liability. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Powers of attorney This practice note examines powers of attorney, in particular, general powers of attorney and their commercial application. It includes links to standard documents for general powers of attorney and specimen execution clauses. For further details on other types of powers of attorney, see Practice note, Lasting powers of attorney and Practice note, Enduring powers of attorney. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Professional negligence An outline of the law of professional negligence. This note considers: The requirements for claims in contract and tort. The application of the SAAMCO principle. The Bolam test. Contributory negligence. Contribution. The use by professionals of exclusion clauses to limit liability. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Quasi-legislation: codes, guidance, orders, rules and ... A note on the various types of quasi-legislation and how they should be treated. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | Remedies: restitution A note outlining the law of restitution. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 17 | Resolving ambiguities in legislation This practice note discusses the tools available to those who have to apply an ambiguous piece of legislation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Saving defective notices This practice note explains the principle established in the House of Lords' case of Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] UKHL 19 and its subsequent application to defects in both contractual and statutory notices. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 19 | Seeking a reference to the ECJ This note explains what the Court of Justice of the European Union (formerly known as the European Court of Justice (ECJ)) is, why a reference would be made to it and who can make a reference. The note gives examples of questions which might be referred to the ECJ and sets out a brief summary of the procedure to be followed and the effect of a ruling by the ECJ on the question referred. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 20 | SRA Handbook 2011 and Code of Conduct The Solicitors Regulation Authority has issued a new Handbook, including a new Code of Conduct, which is prompted by the possibility of Alternative Business Structures (ABSs) opening for business from 6 October 2011. The Handbook is being introduced on a phased basis, beginning in August 2011. The key implementation date was 6 October 2011. This practice note explains the background to the new Handbook and its structure. For information on how the new Handbook and Code of Conduct will affect common aspects of property transactions, see Practice note, SRA Handbook 2011 and Code of Conduct: issues for property lawyers. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 21 | Statutory interpretation and the doctrine of precedent An outline of the English court system, the doctrine of precedent, and the rules of statutory interpretation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 22 | The European Union after the Treaty of Lisbon This Practice note examines the impact of the Treaty of Lisbon on the decision-making procedures and substantive policies of the European Union. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 23 | The retrospective effect of the Human Rights Act 1998 A note on the extent to which Convention rights may be relied on in relation to acts of public authorities that occurred before the Human Rights Act 1998 came into force on 2 October 2000. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 24 | Trusts in commercial transactions The trust is widely admired and recognised in many jurisdictions around the world. Although primarily used by individuals, they also have a wide variety of applications in a commercial context. This practice note provides an introduction to trusts and trustees and considers some commercial applications of trusts. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 25 | What constitutes a public authority for the purposes of the ... This practice note examines what constitutes a public authority for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998. The distinction between public authorities and public functions and private bodies and private functions is unclear, particularly in relation to hybrid bodies, where only some functions may be public (section 6(5), HRA). The position is made more difficult with public/private partnership arrangements and public bodies contracting out functions to the private sector. This distinction is important because a public authority must not act in a way that is incompatible with the Convention rights (section 6, HRA). | Practice notes | Maintained |