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Campbell's soup

As the death knell sounds for CFAs, James Harrison and Clare Arthurs measure up the supermodel's legal legacy

Critical list

With a three-pronged funding fiasco on the cards and spiralling NHS payouts, it really is time health chiefs stopped repeating their mistakes, argues Philippa Luscombe

The sunny side of the street

If you were left deflated by last week's prediction that conveyancing will be lawyer-free by 2020, fear not. Property optimist Jonathan Smithers is on hand to rebuild hope

Divorced from reality

Fresh from an Oxbridge eye-opener, Marilyn Stowe wonders how stuck in the past the future will be

Leak house

When you're faced with the biggest intelligence leak in history, where do you start? Jean-Yves Gilg taps up The Guardian's in-house counsel Gill Phillips for her take on the WikiLeaks phenomenon

Waste paper

Throwing out rubbish is like flushing the loo. Everything disappears never to be seen again – at least not until the fox pays a visit.

Pickles prevails in judicial review of planning policy

Developer Cala Homes has failed to overturn a planning statement sent by communities secretary Eric Pickles to local authorities, requiring them to take into account the government's commitment to abolish the regional planning strategies.

Moderniser Edward Nally appointed to LSB

Former Law Society president Edward Nally has been appointed non-executive member of the Legal Services Board for a four-year term starting yesterday (14 February).