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Against the clock

Anecdotal evidence suggests solicitors are waiting longer before instructing counsel. But why, and what are the implications for clients, case workers and the courts? Seamus...

Seismic shift

With Jackson LJ's shake-up of civil litigation costs looming large on the horizon, a new legal landscape beckons, writes Martin Farber

Netting assets

When it comes to litigation against a company in liquidation, just how long is insolvency's arm? Elspeth Talbot Rice QC and Edward Cumming report

Boy in the corner

The notion that the Supreme Court's ruling on a severely disabled boy's right to education has opened the floodgates could not be further from the...

Electric dreams

As the e-conveyancing 'revolution' grinds on, land registration expert Mangala Murali considers how far we have come since its inception 12 years ago

Tough call

Can a few unsourced text messages really build a case for bad character? Benjamin Newton reports

Finding fault

When does a tort of strict liability require fault? When you're a psychiatric patient, writes Laura Davidson

Update: media

Rod Dadak considers the potential reform of defamation and privacy laws, the status of the fair comment defence and a case on qualified privilege involving...