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19 Sept 2011

Disappointment as government shelves cohabitation reform

No evidence that change is urgently needed, justice minister says

19 Sept 2011

Motor insurance bill targets 'grubby industry'

Lawyers unconvinced by rationale behind proposal

19 Sept 2011

Update: health and safety

Zahra Nanji explores several cases on employers' duties

19 Sept 2011

Taking credit

Despite the limits to the scope of the unfair contract terms regulations set by the Supreme Court in the bank charges case, the courts remain prepared to take a supportive approach in consumer credit claims. Bryan Nott reports

19 Sept 2011

All inclusive

Litigants agreeing on part 36 offers before starting proceedings often include terms about their respective costs pre-litigation – but it's not always that simple, says Francesca Kaye

19 Sept 2011

Outlawed

The government proudly ratcheted its fights against compensation culture and rising insurance costs on 9 September by announcing a ban on referral fees. The majority of the profession approved, it seemed. But will the ban truly address a real issue or is it a spectacular own goal for the profession? We asked five stakeholders for their reactions to the news

19 Sept 2011

Passport to freedom

Property lawyers may have little option but to join the Conveyancing Quality Scheme, but the real challenge is to offer a truly professional service not only to clients but also to their counterpart in a transaction, says John Outram

19 Sept 2011

Not to be trifled with

I had sleepless nights over trifles. It just wasn't right that the law should not concern itself with trifles. It seemed so arbitrary and unfair that, of all the desserts available for consumption, some high-minded judge somewhere decided, for no obvious reason, to home in on one of my favourites. Why couldn't the law adopt the same attitude to lumpy custard or spotted dick (which has far more menacing connotations)?