Benchmark test for charging
A recent SDT case underlined the importance of ensuring charges are not confusing or opaque.
Counting the cost post-separation
Problems can arise when taking into account bonuses earned after a couple have separated.
Litigation funding: calling for backup
The costs of commercial litigation are tougher to finance post-Jackson. Alternative financing models are coming to the market, but will they succeed in plugging the funding gap?
Are your IT departments the weakest link?
As the risks of getting it wrong multiply, information governance is no longer just a technical issue.
Scotland and law: going it alone?
Lawyers must be heard in the Scottish referendum.
Joining the QC club
Without the appointment of solicitor-advocates, ‘silk’ would lose relevance.
Running to keep up
Multiple revisions to the immigration rules have left lawyers exposed.
Inside knowledge
In-house lawyers have a useful ringside seat.
Lost in translation
Capita has suffered little from its poor performance.
PII in a European setting
What light does a new report shed on the availability of cross-border insurance products?
LCJ wants to escape ‘the dead hand of tradition’
Legal aid reforms threaten the rule of law and democracy, says the lord chief justice. But he has thought of some solutions.
A magisterial rebuttal
The senior judiciary’s demolition of proposals to reform court fees is a classic of its type.
Serfdom at 70 and the rule of law
Campaigners against justice cuts should claim Margaret Thatcher’s guru as an ally.
Who are you kidding, Mr Grayling?
The lord chancellor’s criminal legal aid reforms will destroy access to justice. He must think again.
International Guide to Money Laundering Law and Practice (fourth edition)
This book is an ideal resource for corporate counsel who are beginning risk assessment exercises.
