Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Lifers transferred to mental hospitals can claim benefits

Convicted criminals jailed for life, who are later transferred to mental hospitals, can claim benefits once their tariff has ended, the Court of Appeal has...

Tories back French system of funding legal aid

Dominic Grieve QC, shadow justice secretary, is considering a French system of funding legal aid under which all client funds are held in a single,...

Survival skills

Mediation can be a tricky course to navigate; so solicitors and their clients must be aware of what can go wrong. Victoria Brackett reports

Taking control

The first Supreme Court family judgments demonstrate its ability to deal objectively with complex family cases and provide helpful guidance to practitioners, says DJ Michael...

No pain, no gain

While there is a profitable market for the infliction of real pain on television, directors must carefully consider the design of such TV shows to...

A clearer direction

The DPP's interim guidelines on assisted suicide bring some clarity to this previously unclear area of law, but what does the policy mean in practice,...

Update: company

Simon Graham examines several spectacular frauds which shed light on the responsibilities and liabilities of non-executive directors, auditors and solicitors

Light at the end of the tunnel

A bright new year has started and we should all be leaping around brimming with enthusiasm for the opportunities that are unfolding. But most of...

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