Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Civil litigation brief

In the previous two articles Gordon Exall looked at the changes introduced by the new Part 6 in relation to service of the Claim Form....

All change please

Before we get down to the nitty gritty please start to ponder on the vexed question that most solicitors have had to confront at some...

Update: competition

Richard Waite reviews the latest developments in emergency rescue measures for banks, public interest considerations in mergers and acquisitions, parallel trade prevention and punishment for...

Shortchanged or overcharged

Philip de Berry considers how the court should treat the much ignored costs provisions of Part 45 of the CPR, particularly in road traffic accidents

Making contact work

The new Adoption and Children Act 2006 includes some seemingly powerful provisions relating to work schemes, but the question remains whether these will work in...

Switching off the client relationship

We have all dealt with difficult clients, but when does a difference of opinion become so fundamental that the solicitor can safely call it a...

North West: fighting fit

Amid deepening troubles North West firms are embracing old fashioned values to see themselves through the economic meltdown. Jean-Yves Gilg reports

The Rashomon effect

A case before the European Court of Human Rights could lead to a fundamental review of the admissibility of hearsay evidence and offer defendants greater...

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