Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Update: planning

Elizabeth Dunn and Fergus Charlton look at the continuing saga of protective costs orders, a supermarket struggle and why developers are breathing a sigh of relief over protected species

Final demands

Beware! Failure to demand rates may preclude subsequent recovers, warns Robert Fookes

Express yourself

How can the courts reconcile the acquisition of a beneficial interest in the family home where the property is already held in joint names under an express trust? Mark Pawlowski investigates