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System meltdown

As cracks begin to appear in the legal aid scheme, how can firms plan for the future, asks Russell Conway

Hitting the wrong note

It is September, and a new academic year. Are we all chirpy and refreshed? Have we got shiny new pencil cases, sharp HB pencils and a bag of novelty rubbers shaped like hippos and penguins? New shoes, new notebooks, and, if we are lucky enough and grew more than expected, a school skirt to hitch up into a proper mini...

It ain't over 'til the DJ sings

So, you believe you've brought the litigation to an end? Think again, says DJ Tim Jenkins

Firm loses legal aid judicial review

A London firm specialising in immigration law this morning lost its judicial review challenge to the LSC's civil contract tender round at the Court of Appeal.

Boundary dispute edges towards Supreme Court

The dispute opposing two neighbours over the boundary line separating their properties could be heard by the Supreme Court, Solicitors Journal has learned.

DPP backs 'second degree murder' charge

Keir Starmer QC, the DPP, has said he backs the introduction of a US-style second degree murder charge.

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

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