Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

LPAs: who has the power?

Advisers must have regard to the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act when drafting any restrictions and conditions in a lasting power of attorney, says...

MOJ's all-digital service for LPAs will confuse clients

The government's plans to switch some legal services online are over ambitious and will lead confused clients to pursue traditional face-to-face meetings with their legal...

Pioneer volume conveyancing firm Barnetts broken up for sale

Licensed conveyancers buy property arm but all jobs preserved

SRA to carry out 'lessons learned' review on diversity data

Number of 'high risk events' to be tackled by the regulator doubles in a year

New civil justice reforms will not excuse silly mistakes

Paying attention to detail and honouring deadlines are more important than ever in complaint cases, says Eleanor Kilner

Summary judgments: 'realistic prospects' revisited

Sophia Purkis sets out the test for a successful application, following the Ticketus ruling

Lender Exchange: downright wrong or a good idea poorly presented?

Quietly, lenders could be moving closer to taking control of the conveyancing market. It started with the rise in mortgage fraud, which prompted a thematic...

QASA 'justified by sub-standard advocacy', Leveson says

'The cost to advocates of participating in QASA will be in relative terms very small'

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