Jean-Yves Gilg

Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Articles

Unfinished sympathy
Solicitors Journal

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 purchasers and developers seeking to mitigate the problems this can raise, say Charles Joseph and Tim Polli
Christmas chaos
Solicitors Journal

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 in a large national firm) celebrated her 40th birthday with a girls' weekend away. We stayed in funky modern log cabins, indulged in beauty treatments and walks in the crisp fresh air and ate at a gastro pub in a nearby village as the main event. Our accommodation came with an organic food and drink hamper stuffed with goodies such as fresh bread and crumbling Wensleydale, not to mention the rather delicious organic wines which are meant to give you less of a hangover if seriously indulged in because of their lack of preservatives. Maybe it's an urban myth started by organic wine producers – but we had four bottles between eight of us anyway, so I doubt that qualifies as sufficient consumption to test the theory.
London: a balanced diet
Solicitors Journal

London: a balanced diet

Mixed practices that have kept private client work, once seen as unfashionable, at the core of their strategy, have proved that this can be a wise long-term investment and a resilient model. Jean-Yves Gilg reports
Government launches review of out-of-court disposals
Solicitors Journal

Government launches review of out-of-court disposals

The government is to review the use of out-of-court disposals such as cautions and on-the-spot fines following disquiet over reports that they were being used in cases were offenders should be formally charged.
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