Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Update: housing

Giles Peaker reviews the latest cases involving registered social landlords, possession proceedings, housing eligibility and local authority allocation policies

Working wonders

With the default retirement age likely to be removed, employers should be more wary than ever of the risks of ignoring ageism in the workplace,...

Team effort

A carefully-managed relationship between solicitor and expert witness is crucial to structure a successful case, says Jeremy Brooke

Taking exercise

How much control do member states really have in decisions concerning citizenship, asks Paul Stanley NO

April fools

A cold March that cannot make its mind up about being spring is fairly dire, but April is the cruellest month. It has to be...

Straw in "astonishing" U-turn on court fees

In an extraordinary U-turn, justice secretary Jack Straw has decided to scrap the court fees paid by councils for care proceedings.

Small criminal legal aid firms to lose contracts

A large number of small and medium-sized criminal legal aid firms would lose their contracts under the government's latest and most drastic cost-cutting plans.

Council responsible for "lamentable capitulation to aggression" over headmistress

Surrey County Council was responsible for a â€œlamentable capitulation to aggressionâ€ in failing to protect a headmistress from hostile accusations and behaviour by some of...

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