Partnership law in the twenty-first century

Discusses reforms to partnership law that have been proposed by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission in their 'Partnership Law: a Joint Consultation Paper', and considers whether the reforms are necessary or not and what effect they are likely to have on the qualities of flexibility, informality and privacy that presently characterize general partnerships. Examines, therefore, proposed reforms in the following areas: the setting up of a partnership (particularly the proposal for a system of registration), the introduction of separate legal personality (and its effect on, inter alia, continuity, land and other property ownership contracts and the execution of deeds), and reforms affecting the relationships of partners (for example, the proposal to increase statutory duties owed to the partnership and partners). Provides the author's own recommendations for reform and concludes that, although most of the proposed reforms (notably the introduction of separate legal personality) are justifiable and should not have an adverse impact on flexibility, informality and privacy, other proposals, in particular registration and increased statutory duties, would have adverse effects on these qualities and should not be adopted

Human rights for football hooligans? ("Gough v Chief Constable of Derbyshire, 2002")

Implications of CA ruling on whether banning orders made under 1989 Act as amended by 2000 Act breached EC law and ECHR

Research Data Management Principles, Practices, and Prospects

This report examines how research institutions are responding to data management requirements of the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and other federal agencies. It also considers what role, if any, academic libraries and the library and information science profession should have in supporting researchers’ data management needs. University of North Texas (UNT) Library Director Martin Halbert opens the report with an overview of the DataRes Project, a two-year investigation of data management practices conducted at UNT with colleagues Spencer D. C. Keralis, Shannon Stark, and William E. Moen. His introduction is followed by a series of papers that were presented at the DataRes Symposium that UNT organized in December 2012

The use of a potential flow tank for testing axi-symmetric contraction shapes suitable for wind tunnels

The report gives details of tests in the potential flow tank on a series of axi-symmetric contraction shapes. The tests were in connection with the design of the 8ft x 6ft wind tunnel and a water tunnel. Continues..