Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Let's put the ABSolutely into fabulous

None of the law abiding and kind readers of this article would ever own up to doing such a thing. My defence is that my crime is now statute barred and in any event I was at the time below the age of criminal responsibility. All the same I have to confess that in the distant past I would occasionally kick an ants' nest while on a wooded walk and watch the occupants' subsequent frenetic activity as they rushed to repair the damage. If I returned a day later I would find the nest completely reinstated and ready for the next juvenile boot.

Lady Hale lays down new rules for cohabitation disputes

New five-point test asks courts to look for evidence of intention or 'fair share'

LeO's naming and shaming a 'witch hunt', Sutton says

Solicitors and firms in ombudsman decisions will be named next year

In-Deed to move in on medium-sized law firms

Rightmove founder has 'no interest in buying small businesses'

SRA unveils international 'passport to practice'

The SRA is proposing to sweep away the old system of registering foreign offices of City-based global firms and bring in a single 'international passport to practice'.

Warning signs

Are budget-driven cuts in care funding made by local authorities tantamount to institutional financial abuse? Lawrence Tudin reports

All legal services should be regulated, SRA says

The SRA has called for all legal services to be regulated. In its response to the LSB's consultation paper on the regulation of will writers, the SRA said the decisions made at the time of the Legal Services Act in 2007 had resulted in a â€œsignificantly unsatisfactory system of regulationâ€.

Rightmove founder to buy will writing and personal injury firms

In-Deed, the business set up by Rightmove founder Harry Hill to provide seamless property services including conveyancing, will expand into legal services such as will writing and personal injury as soon as alternative business structures legislation is in place, Solicitors Journal can reveal.

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