Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

The SRA should act as a reality check for ABSs, not a business adviser

By Alasdair Douglas, Chair, City of London Law Society

How to become a pillock of society

While the world was watching the face of Amanda Knox in the final moments of her appeal in the desperately sad case of the murder of Meredith Kercher, I was like a cat fascinated by a piece of string, because the television pictures would from time to time pan across the court to reveal the attire of the Italian lawyers.

Malcolm in the middle

There's a fine line between appropriate and inappropriate judicial conduct, warns Lucy Corrin

Rocky relations

The latest Court of Appeal payment protection insurance ruling is a blow for claims management companies but not necessarily for consumers, says Fred Philpott

Animal firm

Outcomes-focused regulation aims to level the playing field for all providers of legal services, but the reality is that it could make some law firms more equal than others. Solicitors Journal finds out from lawyers at the coalface

Money laundering

Resist temptation to accept instructions when you sense money laundering rules are not complied with, even when the amount is small, says John Coulter

Update: company

Debbie King reviews recent cases on removing company directors and misrepresentation, changes to the takeover code and the progress of Lord Davies' attempt to increase the number of women on company boards

Update: personal injury

Vijay Ganapathy considers an industrial disease claim involving exposure to organic solvents, a case that brings back some certainty to part 36 and a decision to allow damages to be split

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