Update: costsSimon Gibbs looks ahead to more dreaded VAT shifts and guides us through the latest thinking on costs against multiple defendants
Update: planningElizabeth Dunn and Fergus Charlton look at the continuing saga of protective costs orders, a supermarket struggle and why developers are breathing a sigh of relief over protected species
And they're off!As LeO beds down, chief ombudsman Adam Sampson gives us the inside scoop on what went on at the business end of the phone lines
Identity charadeWithout the support of prosecutors, the Corporate Manslaughter Act was dead on arrival, argues Jonathan Grimes
Vanishing pointCoupling costs reform with legal aid cuts could cause calamity for clinical negligence claimants, argues Malcolm Underhill