Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Made to measure

Unless you can prove that non-compliance has caused a measurable increase in costs, it is unlikely that a costs order will be made or any...

Tweeting for lawyers â€“ part two

So, you know what Twitter is and what it can do for businesses, and have decided that it is right for your firm. But what's...

Best bar none

As the year limps to its end, it is time to reflect on the joys and sorrows of the last 12 months of the criminal...

The deal is done on criminal legal aid

The government has decided to abandon best value tendering as a means of funding criminal legal aid, but is pressing on with cuts in duty...

Danish scientist latest victim of "libel tourism"

General Electric is preparing to sue a Danish scientist in the English courts for libel over comments he made about a drug manufactured by the...

Ministers abandon BVT

The MoJ has decided to abandon best value tendering for criminal legal aid. Pilot schemes in Manchester, Bristol and Somerset, due to start next year,...

Jewish school loses admissions policy challenge

One of the oldest Jewish schools in England has lost its appeal against a Court of Appeal ruling that its admissions policy breached race discrimination...

Over half of MPs back assisted dying law for doctors

More than half of MPs have said doctors who help patients die should not be prosecuted, according to a new poll.

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