Jean-Yves Gilg

Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

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Update: media
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Update: media

Rod Dadak reviews super injunctions, libel tourism, anonymous blogging and high libel costs
Update: commercial property
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Update: commercial property

Eugene McMahon and Janet Matthews consider cases involving authorised guarantee agreements, virtual assignments and rent as an expense of administration
Search me
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Search me

Practitioners must give early and proper consideration to the disclosure of electronically stored information, and should ensure the search is discussed fully with the other side, says Mark Clark
East Midlands: dealing with perennials
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East Midlands: dealing with perennials

Largely unaffected by the recession, the agricultural sector in the East Midlands is thriving – but farmers and those advising them must now develop plans for the future to ensure continuing success. Jean-Yves Gilg reports
Reality check
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Reality check

As I write this we are all – eagerly, apparently – awaiting the announcement of the worst kept secret in the world: the election date. And by the time you read these words, Gordon will have fired the gun – or at least empty out the old discharge from the barrel as the bang went off about six months ago – and Parliament will be dissolved and we shall finally be a few weeks away from voting.
No more law lords as 'Sir John' joins Supreme Court
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No more law lords as 'Sir John' joins Supreme Court

Sir John Dyson, formerly Lord Justice Dyson, will not be known as a 'lord' following his swearing in at the Supreme Court this morning, but merely as 'Sir John'. Female justices of the Supreme Court will be referred to as 'Dame', rather than 'Lady'.
Hudson condemns "stigmatising" of legal aid over expenses MPs
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Hudson condemns "stigmatising" of legal aid over expenses MPs

Des Hudson, chief executive of the Law Society, has said that “stigmatising the legal aid system” for funding the defence costs of three ex-Labour MPs charged with offences related to their expenses' claims was “disappointing and unhelpful”.