Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Lawyers announce pro bono work is now 'more important than ever'

Free legal advice cannot substitute for a properly funded legal aid system

Supreme Court turns down appeals from Jet2 and Thomson

Decision may open up billions of pounds in flight compensation claims

Midlands firm pays legal assistant a 'lowly' Â£2.67 an hour

Employment tribunal asked to decide whether assistant was employee or worker for national minimum wage purposes

News in brief: week beginning 27 October 2014

The 'Naked Rambler', Badger Trust and the BSN's latest findings feature in our weekly round-up

Bar regulator launches 'Future Bar Training'

BSB presents ambitious programme to reform legal education and training

Stateside lessons

Thank you to John for stepping in for me during my holiday over the past couple of weeks. Since my return, there has certainly been a lot of news to catch up on.

US law firms have more ethnically-diverse UK partnerships than British firms

But London firm Matthew Arnold & Baldwin outranks all challengers for top overall diversity spot

A living will

How far will the courts go to honour clearly expressed wishes, even when an advance decision and a LPA are found to be invalid?

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