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Legal wonderland

The Supreme Court's decision to use an ancient rule to get a fair outcome in Mexfield has important implications for all types of tenants, says...

Home remedies

Alec Samuels examines the options available to owners of new homes who discover serious defects after their builder's contract has expired

Keeping pace

With personal injury litigation about to undergo drastic upheaval, barristers must act now to avoid being left behind, says Simon Edwards

Pay gap

Are higher hourly rates for defendant solicitors justified? Simon Gibbs reports

Cloud nine

As cloud computing continues to be the hottest topic of IT conversations, Damian Blackburn traces its origins and considers how it could help law firms...

Few solicitors understand e-disclosure, Jackson LJ complains

“Relatively few solicitors and even fewer barristers” really understand e-disclosure, Lord Justice Jackson has said in the latest lecture on his costs reforms.

Unstable ground

Shovelar v Lane demonstrates the risks to executors of litigation, says Joseph Goldsmith

High Court to hear challenge to council prayers

The High Court is to hear a challenge by the National Secular Society to a town council's pre-business prayers, arguing that they discriminated against non-believers...