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The going gets tough

So, The Co-op is taking on matrimonial work? They're in for a shock, says Russell Conway as he looks back at his time in the department

Construction update

Anna Stillman considers when one can imply a term into a contract, adjudicator bias, an update on BPF and CIC publications and the proposed health and safety reforms

Riding the caffeine wave

I've just had a week of pretty unpleasant surprises. The three parties in one of my cases scheduled a without prejudice meeting on Tuesday morning at the claimant's solicitors' London office. I set up a telephone conference with the co-defendant's solicitors on the Monday afternoon, with a view to discussing our respective positions and strategy in advance of the meeting. It seemed to go well and I was finalising my preparations on the Monday evening when an email arrived attaching the claimant's costs schedule. Including a success fee and an after-the-event insurance premium their costs are a staggering seven and a half times higher than ours. For a fleeting moment I thought the decimal point may be in the wrong place. It wasn't the best start.

Supreme Court refuses to hear library closure appeal

The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by campaigners against library closures because it does not “raise an arguable point of law of general public importance”.

ILEX becomes CILEX

Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly presented the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives with a Royal Charter last week.

Restoring order

Important lessons should be learned from a turbulent twelve months in the care sector, urges Martin Green

Most barristers open to working for ABSs, survey reveals

Most barristers are considering or might consider working in an ABS, a survey of 3,000 barristers for the Bar Council and Bar Standards Board has revealed.

Professional deputies have a valuable role to play, says Brian Bacon

My partner Eddie Fardell posted our first blog before Christmas about the new authorised officers at the Court of Protection. thought we'd touch this time on a question we are often asked by other solicitors and families in our area of work.