Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

The great divide

A spate of cases has sparked renewed interest in boundary disputes, but what can practitioners learn from the outcomes? Marc Glover reports

Legal aid facing a future of further cuts

Jonathan Djanogly, the new legal aid and civil justice minister, has confirmed that the criminal legal aid cuts announced by his predecessor Lord Bach earlier this year will go ahead.

Djanogly confirms criminal legal aid cuts

Jonathan Djanogly, the new legal aid and civil justice minister, has confirmed that the previous government's drastic cuts to criminal legal aid will go ahead.

Badger Trust wins appeal over Welsh cull

The Badger Trust has been granted leave to appeal against a High Court decision which cleared the way for a cull in west Wales.

Cohabitation appeal ruling prompts new calls for law review

Judges hearing cohabitation claims over a former couple's home should only depart from the principle of equal interests where there is a clear indication of joint shared intentions to the contrary, the Court of Appeal has held in a 2-1 majority ruling.

Smoke signals

Don't think you can escape that easily. When you retire from the stress of the office to tend your roses do not expect a peaceful life, for the anxiety caused by a sick rose causes no less angst than the managing partner visiting you with a crocodile smile and telling you that for the third month running you failed to meet your target. So, what is it like if you have not retired and still have to tend your roses?

Update: crime

Ian Harris and Christopher Gutteridge review negotiated pleas and sentence agreements, evidence by video link, Facebook evidence, harassment under the Public Order Act 1986, the 'hypothetical bystander' standard and the prohibition on carrying knives

Cutting a fine line

The Court of Appeal's latest approach to solicitors' duties highlights the need for practitioners to exercise caution when advising clients, say Laura Taylor and Peter Maguire

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