Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Fair share? Scottish wills

Jacqueline Leslie discusses prior legal rights that automatically entitle families in Scotland to a share of a deceased's estate

View from the bench | Counting the minutes and the pennies

Costs, time management and targets will become ?a bigger concern in a post-Jackson world for both ?litigants and judges, says Richard Chapman

SRA setback over higher fining powers

Proposals rejected by MoJ would 'benefit firms'

SRA 'not complacent' over PC renewals

Regulator promises range of support measures to avoid last years fiasco

No retrospective leniency for drug mules

Appeal judge takes strict approach to new sentencing guidelines

Bar Focus | An advocacy scheme to benefit who?

With QASA due for gradual implementation in the new year, Abigail Bright questions whether seeing the scheme in practice will stem the tide of scepticism

Bar Focus | Changing the game

Faced with alternative business structures, downward pressure on fees and rising tensions in chambers, the rules of engagement have changed at the Bar and the...

Bar Focus | Wales: rise of innovative sets

With innovative chambers opening up to provide independent advocacy services, ?the demise of a major Welsh set and the poor health of the local economy...

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