Legal Features

Articles

Who's your daddy?
Solicitors Journal

Who's your daddy?

DNA tests are available for fathers who believe they may be victims of paternity fraud, but should practitioners always advise clients to get tested before making any financial arrangements? Sharon Smith reports
Cheap and cheerful
Solicitors Journal

Cheap and cheerful

In costs disputes, mediation is not only cheaper and quicker than court assessments, it also provides a less hostile environment in which parties can effectively settle their differences, says William Gibson
The big event
Solicitors Journal

The big event

The turbulent world of after-the-event insurance could be facing big changes if Jackson LJ's recommendations are implemented, but how will these affect the market and what can practitioners do amid the uncertainty? Matthew Amey reports
Silent partner
Solicitors Journal

Silent partner

Partners share discrimination rights with employees, warns Michelle Chance, and firms that ignore this risk high legal costs, reputational damage and even losing their most talented performers
Survival of the fairest
Solicitors Journal

Survival of the fairest

Rogue heir hunters are heading for the history books as the respectable face of fortune finding gains market control, says Stephen Beck
Cold comfort
Solicitors Journal

Cold comfort

'Residual liberty' and the idea that the extent of deprivation is a relative question sit uncomfortably with the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, says David Hewitt
East Anglia: promising morrows
Solicitors Journal

East Anglia: promising morrows

Tesco law? East Anglia firms aren't ignoring it, but having weathered the economic meltdown they are ready for it. Jean-Yves Gilg reports