Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Learn by trial and terror

Prejudice, lack of resources and the reluctance of witnesses are only a few of the problems encountered by lawyers acting for defendants in trials of...

It does not need to cost the earth

The new Code of Practice has some innovative provisions on funding but it does not resolve all the cost-related issues, says Michael Bacon

A code that lacks strength

The reach of the new commercial lease code will be limited by the ability of landlords to opt out selectively, says John Martin

Sempra Metals (2): recovering interest

Could the Sempra Metals judgment revive the under-used principle of unjust enrichment, asks Catharine Otton-Goulder

Taking limited control

The Tribunals, Courts & Enforcement Act has failed to create a single enforcement body as it was originally intended, says John Kruse

Update: immigration and asylum

Jane Coker reviews the latest immigration rule changes as well as cases on country guidance, asylum and human rights

Taxing transfers

Tax rules on transfers made by a transferor who dies before the seven-year cut-off point should be relaxed, argues Helen Hobhouse

Leading and learning

CMS Cameron McKenna is making a conscious effort to raise people management as a priority, putting retention of employees on a par with commitment to...

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