Jean-Yves Gilg

Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Articles

Ignorance is amiss
Solicitors Journal

Ignorance is amiss

How can a trust harm others? Nicholas Holland discusses trustees' fiduciary obligations and the consequence of Nelsonian knowledge
Riding on Slaters' coat-tails
Solicitors Journal

Riding on Slaters' coat-tails

For most high street firms, £1m is a lot of money. Well over their average annual turnover. But £1m is what Slater & Gordon are spending on their first ad campaign, which aired on television earlier this week. Still, it's only a fifth of the estimated £5m that Co-op Legal Services spent on their ad campaign earlier this year. And it's just loose change in comparison with the £15m QualitySolicitors splashed out on their lifestyle ad campaign in March 2012.
Chancel repair: the risk lives on
Solicitors Journal

Chancel repair: the risk lives on

Instead of abolishing chancel repair liability law, parliament has chosen to perpetuate the risk for homebuyers and their lawyers, says Liverpool solicitor Daphne Bridson
Standing out: how to make your mark as a virtual lawyer
Solicitors Journal

Standing out: how to make your mark as a virtual lawyer

After ten years as a solicitor in a real-life office, Mike Scutt has stepped into the virtual world. With his head in the Cloud and feet on the ground, he talks about the challenges of working remotely and offering a service that clients want to buy
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