Courts, Tribunals & Judiciary

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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

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

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.

Eye of the beholder

Conducting a trial without a jury will be a flawed process if judicial bias is seen to be a realistic possibility, says David Rhodes

Time for a change

Change should be viewed as a source of opportunity, but only firms that embrace it and handle it correctly will see the benefits, says Dianne Bown-Wilson

Supreme craftsmanship

Set up as a modern, independent institution, the Supreme Court has already started developing its own ways. In his first interview, Lord Hope talks to Jean-Yves Gilg about how judgments are fashioned

Aiming high

Those wanting to bring mental health claims must now not only prove that their case is arguable, but also that it has a real chance of success, says David Hewitt

Supreme Court to hand down JFS ruling by Christmas

The Supreme Court's ruling in JFS, the case challenging the admissions procedure at one of Britain's oldest Jewish schools, should be delivered next week, Lord Hope has revealed in an exclusive interview with Solicitors Journal to be published tomorrow.