Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Changes to legal aid green paper being considered, Djanogly admits

The government is considering making changes to the legal aid cuts set out in its green paper, justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has admitted.

MoJ playing 'fast and loose' with impact of legal aid cuts

The Ministry of Justice has been accused of playing â€œfast and looseâ€ with the figures behind its civil legal aid cuts and underestimating the number of victims by more than 150,000.

Tighter criminal background checks for ABS applicants

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is set to introduce tighter ownership suitability requirements for alternative business structures to minimise the risk of criminals getting involved in ABSs, the regulator has confirmed.

Costume drama

I was recently on a train journey, dressed in my 'normal' clothes and flicking through a legal mag when a po-faced lady sitting opposite me enquired if I was heading to an interview.

Raise the roof

Proportionality defences have been given the go ahead by the Supreme Court â€“ but they will only succeed in exceptional circumstances, says Tracey Bloom

Single minded

Could the forthcoming public equality duty reforms actually be a step backwards? Kiran Daurka reports

Child benefits

Kim Beatson and Shelley Cumbers investigate whether the family courts are beginning to adopt a more child-centric approach in matters of leave to remove

Variations on a theme

Can Face2Face Solicitors really call itself a franchise? asks Stuart Bushell

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