Archive

8 Sept 2009

Legal aid voices: housing and repossession

Housing advice at the Derby Community Legal Advice Centre should be available within a fortnight but with rising demand the wait is now up four weeks, says Jon Robins

8 Sept 2009

Striking at the roots

Masood Ahmed considers the guidance the courts have provided to those wishing to make strike out applications and how a party can avoid an order being made against them

8 Sept 2009

Changing tack

The modern legal costs industry that was initially created to serve insurers and defendants has, in the space of little more than a decade, undergone a rise and fall that would have taken other industries decades to pass through.

8 Sept 2009

Pitfalls for the unwary

Solicitors must ensure they understand their duties towards LEI insurers and claims management companies or risk a claim being brought against them, says Alison Siniver

8 Sept 2009

Best behaviour

As courts increasingly look at the behaviour of parties during mediation proceedings, clients should be advised to cooperate fully and practitioners should ensure they take detailed notes and be prepared to give evidence, say John Bramhall and Mercedes Castillo

8 Sept 2009

All will be revealed

When is disclosing information about prosecution witnesses' previous convictions justified, asks David Rhodes

8 Sept 2009

Update: crime and sentencing

Christopher Gutteridge reviews cases involving drug dealing on licensed premises, false rape allegations, criminal damage, child cruelty and blackmail

8 Sept 2009

Riding the wave

The arrival of ABS and the predicted rise in bulk conveyancing are causing concern in the legal world, but some firms are considering how they might turn these threats into opportunities. Jenny Ramage reports