Courts, Tribunals & Judiciary

Articles

17 Feb 2010

Young people the best at understanding judges

Jurors aged 18-29 are the best at understanding oral directions from judges, a study for the Ministry of Justice has shown.

9 Feb 2010

Taking control

The first Supreme Court family judgments demonstrate its ability to deal objectively with complex family cases and provide helpful guidance to practitioners, says DJ Michael Buckley

2 Feb 2010

Update: insolvency

David Archer considers administrators' duty to creditors, TUPE and bankruptcy, money received post-administration by Lehman Brothers, and the insolvency aspects of the Jackson report

26 Jan 2010

Chain reaction

Jeremy Child welcomes much needed clarification of the 'benefit and burden' doctrine but argues some questions are still unanswered

26 Jan 2010

Bag a lawyer

The Legal Services Act has generated pages of gloomy predictions about the threat to law firms, but it could offer fresh opportunities for the publicly funded sector. Jon Robins reports

22 Dec 2009

Plan and protect

Whichever government ends up in charge after next year's election, your clients will need to think carefully about their health and pensions plans, says Peter Nellist

15 Dec 2009

Interim solution

The Court of Appeal has given clear guidance as to how judges should approach applications for interim payments, but the guidelines must be carefully applied in line with the particular facts of a case, says David Oldham

8 Dec 2009

Commission's "cost-cutting" VHCC scheme angers barristers and solicitors

lawyers have reacted angrily to an announcement from the LSC that one option for 'very high cost' criminal cases would be to extend the limits for the standard graduated fee scheme from cases lasting 40 days to 60 days.