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SJ interview: Guy Adams, Pardoes

Pardoes managing partner Guys Adams explains to Jean-Yves Gilg how local practices can benefit from their local knowledge to compete with their big city peers

Why gay asylum seekers aren't believed

The Home Office is obsessed with consistency of LGBT applicants when it should be worried about its own, writes Max McClellan

Aarhus: Uncertain times, uncertain measures

Recent changes to the CPR lack clarity with regard to the cost of bringing an environmental claim, writes Caroline Daly

Charging orders on land

Stephanie Tozer and James Tipler discuss the process of applying for an interim charging order and the applicant's duty of full and frank disclosure

One step back for no-fault divorce?

Divorce without blame would reduce the burden on the family courts and further the government's aim of more out-of-court dispute resolution, argues Helen Greenfield

The problems with letting agent fees

Tessa Shepperson looks more closely at the charges that tenants are being asked to pay and considers whether a total fee ban is the only fair option

A second chance for class actions

While the tools are now in place to bring collective proceedings in competition cases, the CAT will carefully examine any requests for certification, explains Marc Israel

Disclosure: Trustees, advisers, and data protection

Adam Carvalho and Richard McDermott discuss the implications of the decision in Dawson-Damer for trust law principles