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Timeshare owners take members club to High Court over 'skimming off' claims

Test case may provoke 'long-overdue shake up in opaque world of timeshare exchange companies', says Edwin Coe litigator

Government should 'think again' on British Bill of Rights, say peers

Constitutional upheaval and damage to the UK's international standing leave Lords committee unconvinced by plans to scrap the Human Rights Act

Legal market's 'grand delusion' laid bare as 'rough times' predicted

Confidence and performance of midsize firms dips, new report shows

Leave Dickens behind

Realising a grand vision often hinges on the financial backing it receives. So how probable is Sir James Munby's online divorce vision?

Consultations: What are they good for?

John van der Luit-Drummond deliberates whether the government is making a disingenuous attempt to engage with claimant lawyers over reforms to PI

Safe as houses?

The Court of Appeal's interpretation as to what type of property is capable of beneficial occupation has risked alienating investors from a large segment of the property market

Central bank roulette

Negative interest rates have been deployed in a desperate last roll of the dice by central banks that have nowhere else to turn - and their positive effects are far from guaranteed

Wasteful, not immoral

There is nothing wrong with having efficient tax affairs, as there is no such thing as a 'correct' amount of tax that must be paid by any tax payer