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Jean-Yves Gilg

Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

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Behind bars: Moving from red to Brown

Behind bars: Moving from red to Brown

There is a terrific section in Doris Lessing's Golden Notebook about old lefties and Stalin. Written in the '50s, it is a relentlessly brilliant novel about feminism, politics and madness. One of the central characters, Anna, is a writer who earns her keep on a communist newspaper. Her readers are a literary bunch. They keep sending her short stories accompanied by neat letters asking if they might be suitable for publication. They tend not to be – but she identifies a deep unspoken angst which is their determining theme.
Update: Taxation

Update: Taxation

Richard Bunker discusses the so-called offshore disclosure “amnesty”, private equity groups, the Finance Bill 2007 and other developments
It's not all fair in love and war

It's not all fair in love and war

The House of Lords in Hello! v OK! has stretched the rules on breach of confidence to an extent yet to be assessed, say Dan Tench and Ashley Hurst
Changing a guilty plea

Changing a guilty plea

Revitt v DPP confirms that a guilty plea is an appropriate process in English law and that the ECHR in no way affects this, says Anthony Ostrin
An independent personal service provision

An independent personal service provision

A number of recent changes to the searches' market mean that it is set to become much more competitive and conveyancers will be able to make use of better personal search products, explains Janet Baker
The politics of HIPs

The politics of HIPs

HIPs may be green but are they also Brown? Nigel Ewert Evans explains the importance of the new prime minister to the future of HIPs
Holy grail or a hornets' nest?

Holy grail or a hornets' nest?

Charities have much to gain from securing public service delivery contracts but there are also many reasons why they should exercise caution, argues Robert Porter
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