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Civil-law issues that deserve more attention than they receive, told with the experience of someone who deals with them every day, in the office and in court.

Track days and on-track accidents: is it really true that everyone pays for their own damage?

Waivers, sporting risk, motor insurance and dedicated covers: what actually happens when two cars touch on a circuit. A practical guide for amateur drivers, owners of sports cars and track-day organisers.

The agent was real. The policies were not.

A fraud committed by a genuine agent of a major insurance company. Why the civil case did not stop at the material author: necessary occasionality, the client's reliance, and the company's liability for its…

Public faith in the land register is not a free pass

In the tavolare system of Trentino-Alto Adige the register entry is constitutive and the land register enjoys public faith. But that protection has a price of admission — good faith — and it can…

When it pays not to sue (even when you are right)

Being right is not enough: evidence, the net value of the dispute, the opponent's solvency, time, side effects, the uncertainty of adjudication and the client's real interest. Seven points to weigh before starting proceedings.

The Italian class action: a powerful tool that few people know

Since 2021 the Italian class action has been governed by Articles 840-bis ff. of the Code of Civil Procedure: how it really works, why it is not the American class action, and when it…

When insurance compensation falls short

Why obtaining truly adequate compensation is harder today than in the past: the out-of-court and judicial factors that compress payouts, seen by someone who spent over twenty years acting for the insurers as well.