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New justice disappoints campaigners

Lord Justice Dyson is to become the twelfth Justice of the Supreme Court, the prime minister has announced.

Back to the future

It's 2020. Ten years ago Lord Justice Jackson made recommendations to control the spiralling costs of civil litigation. Most have been implemented and the first clutch of appeals are now coming through. DJ Richard Chapman has written up the first case reports for Solicitors Journal

Straw promises single publication rule for defamation claims

Justice secretary Jack Straw has promised to introduce a single publication rule for defamation proceedings should Labour be re-elected at the general election.

Luxury brands lose Google challenge

A group of luxury brands led by Louis Vuitton has lost the European round of its claim against Google that the search engine had breached their trademark rights.

Lords to debate libel crackdown

The House of Lords is to debate the government's controversial cut in success fees for conditional fee libel actions later this week.

Update: housing

Giles Peaker reviews the latest cases involving registered social landlords, possession proceedings, housing eligibility and local authority allocation policies

Cream of the QROPS

Since coming into force in 2006, a substantial number of QROPSs have been established in several jurisdictions, and they may have wider application than first thought. Alan Fowler reports

Update: costs

Simon Gibbs considers the extent of a costs judge's discretion to go beyond a strict interpretation of the final costs order, and the 51st update to the Civil Procedure Rules