Further rules intended to promote greater transparency in the workings of the family courts may be detrimental to the administration of justice, argues David Lister
It really is depressing. On the news we hear that the highly laudable suggestion in Scotland to legislate against cut-price drinking is opposed by a coalition of politicians on the basis that such action on price will be harmful to the sensible drinker. Rather like the bankers, they just don't get it.
Noel Arnold discusses cases on parenthood in residence and contact proceedings, section 91(14) orders and further clarification of the test for interim removal
Justin Bates reviews cases involving the power of local authorities to establish insurance companies, disclosure of confidential information, disagreement over who owes a section 20 duty and determining age in asylum cases
Change should be viewed as a source of opportunity, but only firms that embrace it and handle it correctly will see the benefits, says Dianne Bown-Wilson
Set up as a modern, independent institution, the Supreme Court has already started developing its own ways. In his first interview, Lord Hope talks to Jean-Yves Gilg about how judgments are fashioned
The scope of the standard of care owed to clients may have widened, but the courts are unlikely to find practitioners liable for faults which are not related to the job they are retained to do, says Sophie Brake
