Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Mark my words

Practitioners must ensure they use clear wording when drafting clauses which alter the rights of parties, says Matthew Morrison

Update: pensions

Alan Fowler reviews recent cases on missing beneficiaries, pension loss, changes to schemes, the distribution of lump sum death benefits and death in service arrangements

Gregory Jones and Ned Westaway discuss cases involving conservation areas, listed buildings, environmental impact assessment, the interpretation of planning permission and procedural unfairness as a...

Love thy neighbour

Practitioners dealing with boundary disputes should attempt to settle such disagreements amicably to avoid incurring unnecessary legal costs, says Duncan Kynoch

Bearing the burden

The current market continues to keep commercial solicitors busy, and the introduction of the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme will present a whole new...

The beginning of the end or a new dawn?

Dominic Beeton examines the major upheaval looming in the law on restrictive covenants

Unfinished sympathy

Many buyers have become unable to obtain funding for off-plan purchases that were agreed in better economic times, but there are several options open to...

Christmas chaos

Richmond in North Yorkshire was an oasis of calm in an otherwise full-speed month. A lawyer friend with whom I trained (now a PFI partner...

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