Jean-Yves Gilg

Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Articles

Mother of all battles
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Mother of all battles

Two recent decisions show that the courts are increasingly prepared to transfer residence to the father where mothers repeatedly block contact arrangements. Miranda Fisher and Ayla Dogruyol report
Logging out
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Logging out

The increasing popularity of online networking sites raises important issues about what happens to an individual's digital legacy after their death, says Nicola Plant
Not so simple
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Not so simple

Lasting Powers of Attorney were simplified to make them less confusing to lay people, but the process is still over complicated with pitfalls for the unwary, says Reshma Field
Cutting class
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Cutting class

With education forming a key plank of the manifestos of all three main political parties, and cuts in funding likely whoever wins the election, lawyers should brace themselves for a further raft of reform. Stephen Hart and Andrea Squires report
Manifest differences
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Manifest differences

How do the 'law and order' policies of the main parties compare? Lucy Corrin examines the manifestos
Update: pensions
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Update: pensions

Alan Fowler reviews the introduction of the new minimum age at which benefits can be drawn from registered pensions, new duties for the information commissioner under the Data Protection Act and the NEST scheme
Update: consumer
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Update: consumer

Bryan Nott looks at three High Court cases which have strengthened the hands of banks as creditors – plus a victory for an innocent car buyer who had been the victim of a fraudulent sale