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Piloting progress in family proceedings

Kevin Gibbs discusses the impact of a pilot scheme for the provision of DNA testing on children in private family law cases

Defects in building fire safety

Mostyn Bullock considers the decline in building standards and asks what the industry can do to stop the rot

Common ground

Reforms and fee cuts have led to tensions between expert witnesses and solicitors, but both professions are united in deploring the impact on access to...

Fake solicitor convicted of providing unlawful immigration advice

'Peddling illegal immigration advice ruins people's lives,' declares judge

A 'quantum leap' in private wealth

During these heady times of heightened reporting standards, intergovernmental agreements and the relentless drive for transparency, jurisdictional certainty can be a hard thing to find

Lewis Silkin partner found to have 'reconstructed' his memory in negligence claim

Seven-figure damages sum awarded to former client after firm failed to advise on exclusive jurisdiction clause in employment contract

Infographic: Legal aid by the numbers

Ministry of Justice: Legal aid statistics in England and Wales January to March 2015 The 'Legal Aid Statistics in England and Wales January to March 2015' from...

EU law 'wholly unfair and unsuited' for dealing with migrant crisis

Saimo Chahal QC says outdated Dublin Convention was devised at a time when the current situation could not have been foreseen by Europeans