Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

When can you safely terminate a retainer?

Before suspending work for a client who refuses to pay, solicitors must ensure that 'their terms of business clearly provide them with adequate rights to...

Stealth tactics: making unfair dismissal worthless

Having found that it could not politically do away with unfair dismissal outright, the government now wants 'to Ã¢â‚¬â€œ quietly Ã¢â‚¬â€œ make it worthless, says...

High Court blocks plans to split up Conan Doyle house

Legal flaws in council decision to grant planning permission, Cranston J says

Civil conduct | Is mediation worth the money?

The Court of Appeal has stressed that there are legitimate circumstances when mediation ?is not appropriate, but if a party is found to have unreasonably...

Workshop: Beneficial owners and occupiers

When can an occupier claim a beneficial interest in a property ?and what should a potential buyer do to avoid hitting problems? ?John Coulter explains

Construction update

Anna Stillman reviews two protocol compliance cases, the severability of adjudicators' decisions and a case in which the court delivered a scathing reproach of a...

Look after your existing clients and reap the benefits

There is too much focus at the moment on winning new business â€“ investing in a meaningful client relationship system is the key to fighting...

Police pay libel damages over murder statement

High Court decides suicide more likely after body found in lake

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