Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Comply or die

By embracing new technology, firms will find it easier to meet their compliance burden and avoid the ever-increasing penalties for breaches of data protection, say Lawrence Milner and Don Hughes

Firms in the Thames Valley have learnt valuable lessons from the recession, but only those that are willing to adjust their working practices and focus on client relations will survive the new challenges of Tesconomics. Jean-Yves Gilg reports

Update: wills and probate

Helen Bryant discusses the UK's opt out of the EU's regulation on succession and wills, proprietary estoppel, the position of executors when a will is being challenged, and inheritance tax

Plotting an escape

Time-barred claimants who brought proceedings against the wrong defendant by mistake may be allowed to pursue their cases, but the circumstances need further clarification, says Paul Stanley NO

In safe hands

Employers that ensure they adhere to health and safety regulations will not only protect their employees but will also improve their productivity and keep insurance premiums down, says Jeremy Brooke

A flying start

The new year has started with unusual vivacity: three of the most exceptional powers in our legal system are under scrutiny at the same time. The first English criminal trial began at the Royal Courts of Justice â€“ an unusual venue for criminal lawyers, who generally only enter those marble halls when a case has gone pear shaped (like so many of us after Christmas) and they need a Court of Appeal massage and detox service.

"Back to the bad old days" as Straw demands huge cap on libel success fees

Claimant libel lawyers have reacted angrily to justice secretary Jack Straw's demand for a cut in the maximum uplift charged on success fees from 100 per cent of base costs to ten per cent.

EHRC calls for abolition of compulsory retirement age

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has called on the government to abolish the default retirement age. The move comes as the committee stage of the Equality Bill resumes today in the House of Lords.

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