Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

The sound of silence

Returning to Victorian times in the contraption made famous in the 1895 novella by HG Wells, The Time Machine, the 21st century observer would notice many differences between modern-day life and yesteryear: ladies of all social classes in glorious hats; no self-service; a most excellent railway system and reliable post (delivering up to five times daily â€“ not five times a week now if you are lucky).

You will go to the ball

Mediocre food, talking shop and terrible speeches â€“ why are barristers so keen on work parties? Felix figures it out

Measuring up

As French practitioners brace themselves for legal aid reform, Geraldine George considers how their system compares with ours

More unequal than others

Lawyers behind the Commission of Inquiry into Legal Aid were well aware of the accusations of bias likely to be levied against them. As leftfield organisations opposing the legal aid budget cuts the Young Legal Aid Lawyers and the Haldane Society expected to be criticised for trying to pass off their inquiry as a piece of independent research.

The gloves are off

The only winner in the Hastings-Bass U-turn will be the tax man, argues Ruth Hughes

French delicacy

Wondering who's been turning the European wheels of justice recently? Hamsters, mainly. Paul Stanley QC reports

Update: licensing

Roy Light reviews the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, appeals in the magistrates' courts, and the latest books licensing practitioners should have on their shelves

Update: residential property

Janet Armstrong-Fox discusses recent cases on waiver in conditional contracts, landlords' repairing obligations and boundary disputes

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