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Lawtext is based in Oxfordshire and has a growing list of specialist journals, law reports and books. These provide a range of information services for lawyers, researchers and advisors practising in the following areas


Our peer-reviewed journals provide a mix of opinion, analysis and commentary with updates of recent cases and regulatory developments. Each title reviews and analyses legal developments within its sector with particular emphasis on forthcoming changes at national, EU and international levels.

Focus is placed on the complex interplay between commercial realities and the current legal regimes, enabling advisors/readers to be aware of new potential liabilities and risks and the influence of court decisions from across the world.

Bio-Science Law Review
Volume 19 Issue 3

EU PARLIAMENT ON PATENTS FOR NGT-DERIVED PLANTS: PAWN SACRIFICE OR SACRIFICED TOTHE PAWNS?
MICHAEL A. KOCK
European Patent Attorney, Swiss Patent Attorney, Basel

On 7 February 2024, the European Parliament adopted several amendments to the EU Commission’s proposal  for a regulation on plants obtained by new genomic techniques. The amendments – if implemented – would fundamentally change the role of patents on plants in the EU. As some provisions have a retro-active effect, not only future NGT-derived plants but also currently patented plants would be affected. This article discusses the proposed amendments, the feasibility of their implementation, and their effectiveness to achieve the legislative intent. It also discusses potential next steps and implications for breeders and innovators in the EU.   Click here for pdf



Journal of International Maritime Law 
Volume 28 Issue 1 2022
Criminal liability based on European Regulations for ship recycling in South Asia: dead in the water?
Erik M Witjens
Attorney at law, De Reede Advocatuur, Rotterdam click here for pdf

Utilities Law Review
Volume 23 Issue 4

Editorial 

Rebooting the CMA: some essential reforms
How the CMA can improve economic performance and contribute to 'levelling up' click here for pdf
Andrew Tyrie, past Chairman of the Competition and Markets Authority - 2018 to 2020

Environmental Law and Management 
Volume 32 Issue 2

Editorial 
Reflections on a new chapter in English sewage regulation  click here for pdf
BEN PONTIN Cardiff University  

The debate around combined sewer overflows (CSOs) reflects the complexity of the whole topic of river pollution by sewage. CSOs were a late addition to the UK’s Environment Act 2021 and the obligation to review them is welcome from the perspective of ‘best environmental value’. However, schemes to eliminate CSO discharges may have adverse environmental consequences and much depends on the nature of the alternatives.

Bio-Science Law Review
EPO's Board of Appeal in T116/18 references Robin Jacob's article PLAUSIBILITY AND POLICY at para 13.7.4  11 Oct 2021





Highlights
Journal of International Maritime Law - Volume 27 Issue 3

EDITORIAL
Safe navigation at sea – COLREGs 1972

ANALYSIS OF RECENT CASES AND CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS

Bills of lading – receiver’s liability to general average and the impact of insurance

ARTICLES

Negligence in maritime disputes revisited: the requirement for ownership or possessory title
EUGENE CHENG JIANKAI
The author examines the law of negligence as confirmed in The Aliakmon  and  compares and reconciles the differing Singaporean approach as laid down in Spandeck (2007) and Wilmar (2019).

Damages which are not disposed of by demurrage: What is a separate type of loss?
ROBERT GAY
What is a separate type of loss from the losses covered by demurrage? The issue between The Bonde (1999) and The Eternal Bliss (appeal forthcoming) is examined here. Click here for pdf

The impact of Covid-19, facilitative mediation, early intervention, and the new visual online dispute resolution – Part 2
RHYS CLIFT
The article sets out the essential features of EI and traces the rapid development and importance of the new visual ODR

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL REPORTS

Insolvency versus Admiralty: India
MAZYAR AHMAD

Book Reviews