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6 Apr 2011

Supreme Court rules against house disguised as a barn

The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled this morning that a man who built a 'barn' on a greenbelt land is not entitled to planning permission for the three-bedroom house and gym hidden inside it.

6 Apr 2011

SRA's new 'ten commandments' handbook sets tougher entry rules

The new solicitors' handbook published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority today promises a set of modern principles applicable to all entities operating in the legal services sector come ABS day on 6 October, including tougher requirements for new entrants.

4 Apr 2011

Norgrove prepares family justice system for the post-cuts world

David Norgrove, whose interim report on the family justice system was published last week, has said he anticipated that legal aid would be restricted for private law cases.

4 Apr 2011

Committee 'pulls its punches' on legal aid

The justice select committee “pulled its punches” in its report on legal aid, Steve Hynes, director of the Legal Action Group, has said.

4 Apr 2011

Go ahead for Jackson 'bitterly disappointing', claimant lawyers say

Claimant lawyers have described the government's decision to implement all the major reforms of the Jackson review on costs in civil litigation as “bitterly disappointing”.

4 Apr 2011

Right move

Jonathan Silverman and Jennie Kreser explain how capitalising on intellectual property rights could unlock funds from a client's pension fund

4 Apr 2011

Update: employment

Sue Ashtiany reviews the new retirement rules, additional paternity leave and recent decisions on unfair dismissal

4 Apr 2011

Pushing forward

As the government goes full steam ahead with Jackson, Simon Gibbs brings us up to speed on the current case law ahead of wholesale civil justice reform