| Acquisitions, Mergers & Disposals | The law and practice relating to the transfer of ownership of business enterprises, and the associated financial transactions. |
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| Administrative & Constitutional Law | Administrative law regulates the activities of central and local government, which may be reviewed by high court judges (referred to as judicial review). Although we have no written constitution we do have a substantial body of constitutional law, covering our system of government and the functions of governmental institutions. |
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| Admiralty | The law pertaining to the sea, covering for example the arrest and sale of ships. |
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| Adoption | The legal process by which a person takes a child of which they are not the biological parent as their own. |
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| Advertising | The laws relating to advertising, whether in publications, on billboards, by direct mail or by broadcasting on television or radio. |
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| Africa | Law and practice in African countries. |
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| Agency Work Undertaken | Law firms often perform legal work on behalf of other solicitors. This situation arises when a client requires legal help a long way from his or her home. |
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| Agricultural Law | The umbrella term for laws that are particularly relevant to people who work in agriculture. |
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| Agricultural Property | This deals with agricultural land, agricultural holdings and agricultural buildings. |
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| Agro-Food Law | Laws pertaining to the agricultural aspects of food production, such as animal rearing and crop growing. |
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| Airports | Laws which are relevant to the running and organisation of airports. |
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| Ancillary Relief | Domestic or matrimonial proceedings in which orders for the payment of maintenance or adjustment of property rights are ancillary to the main subject of the proceedings (for example, a divorce). |
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| Anti-Dumping | A branch of trade law that enables action to be taken against goods being exported at unfairly low prices. |
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| Anti-Trust | Legislation on the protection of competition and fair markets. The equivalent in the USA of competition law. |
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| Arbitration/Mediation/ADR | Methods of settling disputes without going to court. In arbitration, an arbitrator or panel of arbitrators hears evidence from both sides in proceedings which may be as formal as a court case, but may be quite informal and sometimes cheaper than court proceedings. Mediation involves the parties reaching agreement through negotiation through a mediator. The court system increasingly offers these alternatives to litigation, especially in family matters and small claims. |
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| Architects and Surveyors | The law relating to architects and surveyors, including contract law, building regulations and copyright. |
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| Asian-Pacific | The law and practice of the countries of the Asian-Pacific region. |
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| Assets & Asset Recovery | Protection of assets, usually those of a business, and their recovery from persons who have them wrongly in their possession. |
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| Aviation | The law relating to the ownership and operation of aircraft. This includes such diverse subjects as aircraft finance and the prosecution of passengers who behave in a criminal manner aboard an aircraft. |
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