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A car crash judgment

It's not just women drivers who should be angry with the ECJ - lawyers should be equally disappointed by its feeble reasoning, writes Paul Stanley NO

Going overboard

When it comes to complaints, the Legal Services Board should remember there is such a thing as too much information, says Susanna Heley

Divide and conquer

Forget divorce tourism – what about the impact of a divorce staycation? Scott Cochrane and Alex Carruthers consider the Hadrian's Wall effect on splits north and south of the border

Rewriting the rules

It's time we accept the court closures and put our minds to getting the reshuffle right, new president DJ Paul Mildred tells Jean-Yves Gilg

Grim RIPA

Ibrahim Hasan considers how surveillance rules will fare under the freedoms bill

Relationship issues

The SRA's new recruit Nick Eastwell shares with Jean-Yves Gilg his plan to repair the frayed relations between the regulator and City firms

What's in a name?

Are name-and-arms conditions still fit for purpose in today's succession law? Joseph Goldsmith guides us through the grand old case of Howard v Howard-Lawson

Will they, won't they

With the regulation of will writing poised for major reform, Chris Handford explains how the LSB is going undercover in the hunt for data