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Regulatory nightmares

A recent decision of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT), currently unreported, holds many lessons for solicitors, explains Tony Guise

Update: competition

Richard Waite reviews the latest developments in emergency rescue measures for banks, public interest considerations in mergers and acquisitions, parallel trade prevention and punishment for cartel activity

Shortchanged or overcharged

Philip de Berry considers how the court should treat the much ignored costs provisions of Part 45 of the CPR, particularly in road traffic accidents

Making contact work

The new Adoption and Children Act 2006 includes some seemingly powerful provisions relating to work schemes, but the question remains whether these will work in practice, asks DJ Edwina Millward

New perspectives on the Mental Health Act

To understand new mental health legislation solicitors will need to know what is being done with suspected terrorists, says David Hewitt

Switching off the client relationship

We have all dealt with difficult clients, but when does a difference of opinion become so fundamental that the solicitor can safely call it a day, ask Mickaela Fox and Andrew Temperley

North West: fighting fit

Amid deepening troubles North West firms are embracing old fashioned values to see themselves through the economic meltdown. Jean-Yves Gilg reports

The Rashomon effect

A case before the European Court of Human Rights could lead to a fundamental review of the admissibility of hearsay evidence and offer defendants greater protection, says Ben Newton