Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Benefit cheats

As the public benefit test debate rages on in the High Court, Robert Nieri looks ahead to what the judicial review could mean in practice

Rise in loan-funded divorce litigation as clients struggle with costs

Manchester-based DWF is the latest firm to enter the growing loan-funded divorce litigation sector after signing an introducer agreement with the Co-operative Bank.

Cable relies on Acas and fees to cut employment tribunal claims

Business secretary Vince Cable has launched plans to cut the number of employment tribunal claims by requiring them to be lodged with Acas in the hope of achieving early settlements.

Supreme Court ruling on domestic violence raises difficult questions for councils

The Supreme Court has widened the term 'domestic violence' in homelessness cases to include psychological abuse.

Internet puts surrogacy back on agenda

Changes to surrogacy laws could return to the parliamentary agenda after a ruling last week upholding a surrogate mother's decision not to hand over a baby that left the prospective parents childless and Â£4,500 out of pocket.

Professional service firms face similar issues when it comes to business development

By Tony Reiss, Founding Principal, Sherwood PSF Consulting

Appeal judges back farmer on polytunnels

The Court of Appeal has backed a Herefordshire farmer who uses polytunnels to grow soft fruit on his farm in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in the Wye Valley.

Employment tribunal claims must be lodged with Acas, Cable says

Business secretary Vince Cable launched plans this morning to cut the number of employment tribunal claims by requiring all of them to be lodged with Acas.

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