Archive

4 Aug 2009

Update: wills and probate

Helen Bryant considers cases involving claims by extended family members under the Inheritance Act, proving secret trusts, propriety estoppel and inheritance tax

4 Aug 2009

Read between the lines

The European Court of Justice decision that computer processes which read and make temporary copies of published work should be regarded as breaching copyright is illogical, says Paul Stanley NO

4 Aug 2009

Plugging the gap

As legal aid turns 60, Jon Robins explores possible solutions to the system's failures

4 Aug 2009

New deal

The SRA's new powers should enable it to deal with cases more efficiently and fairly, but is it a better deal for the regulated, asks Tony Guise

4 Aug 2009

Avoid like the plague

Russell Conway considers how the legal profession will cope as swine flu takes hold

4 Aug 2009

In the drink

Pubs and hotels have been hit hard by the recession, regulation and changes in consumer demand, but lawyers have remained busy, in particular where clients are a new breed of establishment. Jenny Ramage reports

28 Jul 2009

LSC abandons "reckless" push to extend BVT across country but pilot remains

The LSC has abandoned plans to extend best value tendering of criminal legal aid across the country only months after the launch of a pilot scheme in Manchester, Bristol and Somerset.

28 Jul 2009

JAC and Attorney General unscathed by latest constitutional shake-up

The Judicial Appointments Commission and Attorney General have both emerged unscathed as the government announced the latest version of its constitutional reforms.