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4 Nov 2015

Labour pulls out big guns in fight to restore legal aid

Shadow ministers admit they did not offer enough on access to justice at general election

3 Nov 2015

Cutting down costs 
and delays in litigation

Ed Crosse provides an overview of the recently launched pilot schemes for shorter and flexible trials in commercial cases

3 Nov 2015

A user's perspective on 
our crumbling courts

Ahead of the potential closure of 91 courts, Jacqui Smoker provides a first-hand account of a system already cut to the bare bones

3 Nov 2015

Drawing comparisons between privacy and PI damages

As the Court of Appeal prepares to deliver an important judgment, Steven Heffer recaps recent damages awards for victims of newspaper phone hacking

3 Nov 2015

Competing interests in 
commercial property

Denize Akbulut, Katherine Ochynski, and Hannah Rickard consider a case on pre-pack administrations, an ownership dispute, and the consultation on energy efficient taxes

3 Nov 2015

Family practice after 
Sharland and Gohil

Deborah Levy considers the implications of the recent Supreme Court rulings for future divorce cases involving fraudulent non-disclosure

3 Nov 2015

Production in the family 
and county courts

For some months I have been waiting for a ?large box of video link equipment to be opened and installed in my court room. ?HM Courts and Tribunals Service is following its written protocols, and no doubt before the year is out the equipment will be installed and, hopefully, fully operational. 

3 Nov 2015

Child support: Mind the gap

Separating parents must consider future education costs as early as possible to avoid a lacuna in the law surrounding child support, explains Carla Ditz