Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Adams to appeal to Europe after miscarriages of justice ruling

The Supreme Court has extended the category of people entitled to compensation following a miscarriage of justice, but not far enough to include Andrew Adams, who was wrongly convicted of murder in 1993 and released after 14 years.

Update: consumer

Bryan Nott celebrates a victory for consumers in the payment protection insurance case and reviews a decision on a notice of cancellation and a case involving personal injury disbursement funding agreements

Survival of the fittest

Critics of NHS reform are wrong to spread fears of competition law breaches, argues Susan Singleton

Over and out

Few will regret the demise of the Legal Services Commission, but shouldn't there be an autonomous body responsible for legal aid policy, asks Steve Hynes

Bad influence

Increasing control over expert evidence in criminal trials will make justice more costly and less accessible, argues Finola Moss

Rude awakenings

Following the dawn raids on the Tchenguiz brothers, John Bramhall and Maria Wozniak turn the spotlight on the courts' power to authorise search orders and search warrants

Men that munch

There is an air of genteelness and decay in the expression 'ladies that lunch', conjuring up as it does images of bulbous matrons with hats speaking in loud voices (the matrons, not Ã¢â‚¬â€œ usually Ã¢â‚¬â€œ the hats) and laughing like various forms of wild animal.

Lord Phillips extends compensation for miscarriages of justice

The Supreme Court has extended the category of people entitled to compensation following a miscarriage of justice.

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