Jonathan Goodliffe

Alcohol and the Law: published material

The following is a list of published material discussing legal issues arising from alcohol misuse in a variety of subject areas.

Employment law

• Discriminating against the former drinker  Alcohol Alert, issue No 2 2006
• The drinking employee  New Law Journal April 1991 Charities Supplement

Family law

• Alcohol & the family: a lawyer's perspective New Law Journal, May and June 1995. Based on a presentation at the Institute of Alcohol Studies in March 1995. A further study is in the course of preparation. It will consider the many changes which have arisen in the field of family law over the past 13 years.
• New court focuses on family problems, Alcohol Alert issue 3 2008

Insurance law

• Insuring people against alcohol problems, Addiction Today January/February 2009 (scanned copy of published version - large file and poor copy)
• Insuring lawyers against alcohol problems, New Law Journal, 28 November 2008
• Private medical insurance and alcohol, Alcoholis, March 2008
• Drink driving and the wider purpose of insurance Complinet Insurance 11 December 2007. Slightly shorter version published in Alcohol Alert, issue 1, 2008
• Insurance: solving some alcohol problems and causing others  Institute of Alcohol Studies occasional paper June 2007
• Alcohol as an issue in insurance claims International Insurance Law Review, April 1996
• Insurance issues for people with mental health problems, Complinet Insurance, April 2008 (also covers alcohol problems)

Legal education

• Case studies in teaching lawyers about substance abuse Describes experiences in 2000, 2002 and 2003 in teaching the subject to lawyers using interactive methods

Legal profession

• Insuring lawyers against alcohol problems, New Law Journal, 28 November 2008
• Alcoholism in the legal profession  (with Deborah Brooke) New Law Journal, January 1996. A research study commissioned by the Law Society and the Solicitors' Indemnity Fund.
• The alcoholic client and the alcoholic lawyer Solicitor's Journal, 10^th and 17^th March 2000
• Alcohol & depression in lawyer disciplinary proceedings  "Addiction", September 1994. Based on a presentation to the Annual Workshop of the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs in September 1993.
• Identifying the alcoholic lawyer  New Law Journal 18th December 1998
• Helping the alcoholic lawyer A discussion of how to identify fellow professionals who are addicted to alcohol or drugs, and how to help them to come to terms with their condition. A further article by Barry Pritchard on "Rehabilitating the Alcoholic Lawyer" is available on the LawCare website.

Negligence and server liability

• Can the Civil Law enforce Alcohol Policy? (with Richard Longaker) "Alcohol Alert", issue No 3 2003

Book Reviews

• "Substance Misuse in Psychiatry: a Guide for Lawyers" Bala Mahendra, 2008 (Review published in "Alcohol Alert", issue 1 of 2009).
• "Alcohol and Crime", Gavin Dingwall, 2005 (Review published in "Alcohol Alert", issue 3 of 2005).
• "Community Care & the Law", Luke Clements, 2nd Edition 2000 (Review published in "Addiction" June 2001, Vol 96 Number 6)

Picture

The Worship of Bacchus by George Cruikshank, 1864, detail, showing alcohol, the law and the lawyers. To see the full image click here.

Last updated 03 March 2009