Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Going round the houses

Now in-house legal privilege has been removed, what should practitioners do to avoid breaking the new rules? Gavin Foggo and Deepak Arora report

It was September. All the old lags were there, full of stories of their summer exploits â€“ how they had fallen out of apple trees or been chased by an enraged bull, or had theirpigtails pulled or had dangerously kissed a boy behind a haystack.

Police who handcuffed barrister in RCJ offer Â£100,000 and apology

The barrister awarded Â£100,000 in police compensation after being led away from the Royal Courts of Justice in handcuffs says the cost to the taxpayer could be three times that amount.

Gurkhas lose pensions challenge

The British Gurkha Welfare Society has failed in its second bid to boost the pensions of Gurkhas who retired before the brigade was based in the UK.

Met chief accused of 'distraction punch' by attacking lawyers

Sir Paul Stephenson, commissioner of the Met, has been accused of delivering a â€œdistraction punchâ€ after it emerged that he had privately lobbied home secretary Theresa May to make it harder for people to sue the police.

Lord Young facebooked in bid to ban claims management companies

Lord Young, whose report on compensation culture is expected on 15 October, has been facebooked by a prominent personal injury lawyer over advertising for personal injury work.

ABS kick-off

Stuart Bushell launches our new ABS advent calendar

Religious education

The Amachree judgment on religious discrimination has some valuable lessons for practitioners, says Philip Henson

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