Costs

Articles

2 Aug 2010

A different picture

Despite the success many British businesses have enjoyed thanks to the rise in popularity of the 'staycation', the leisure sector is not immune to the damaging effects of the economic crisis – but is it all bad news? Ailsa Dixon reports

2 Aug 2010

Stepping back

The Family Division's refusal to order surgery for a severely disabled boy reveals a growing judicial reluctance to get involved with medical decisions, says Barbara Hewson

2 Aug 2010

Use it or lose it

Local authorities looking to sell off assets linked to schools or public facilities should be aware that trying to change the purpose of land could result in it being taken back by estate. Michael Fahy explains how reverter clauses work

26 Jul 2010

Neuberger welcomes conditional fee arrangements review

Lord Neuberger has welcomed this morning's announcement that the government is to consult on a review of the 'no win, no fee' regime in the autumn.

26 Jul 2010

Cheap suits

Jackson's appeal for litigators to cut costs should also make experts more accessible, says Paul Smethurst

21 Jul 2010

Judicial review bid to oust secret services judge

Reprieve's lawyers are concocting a case for judicial review against Sir Peter Gibson's appointment as chairman of the torture inquiry.

20 Jul 2010

Locked-in syndrome sufferer challenges government over euthanasia

A locked-in syndrome sufferer is the latest applicant to challenge the government over right-to-die laws.

19 Jul 2010

Genial justice

New brooms indeed: Kenneth Clarke has given us all plenty to think about. We live in strange times when the old bang 'em up Tories are thinking creatively and having photo-shoots on A Wing with some of the inmates, while the numbers locked up in the Labour years has rocketed from where it was when the Conservatives were last in power.