Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Supreme Court clears the way for cheaper environmental litigation

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to cut the cost of environmental actions by...

Legal aid funding reform threat to solicitors' charity

The government's proposals for alternative sources of funding for legal aid could result in hundreds of destitute lawyers being deprived of support, the leading charity...

Djanogly confirms 142 court closures

Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly told parliament this afternoon that the government would be going ahead with the closure of 142 local courts.

Clarke 'astonished' by lack of controversy over sentencing plans

Justice secretary Ken Clarke has said he was â€œastonishedâ€ by the lack of controversy in parliament over his plans to transform criminal justice.

Return of the law lords

After a brief flirtation with abandoning the titles of lord and lady, the Supreme Court has returned to tradition by upgrading Sir John Dyson to...

Identity charade

Without the support of prosecutors, the Corporate Manslaughter Act was dead on arrival, argues Jonathan Grimes

Vanishing point

Coupling costs reform with legal aid cuts could cause calamity for clinical negligence claimants, argues Malcolm Underhill

Hole in the wall

Where does the case of Kaye leave security for party wall works? ask Andrew Smith and Stephen Bickford-Smith

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