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Name this firm
Solicitors Journal

Name this firm

Calls by consumer organisations for solicitors with poor service records to be named and shamed have been ignored by the profession's watchdog. This could be about to change but would publication achieve the desired effect? Solicitors Journal asks three stakeholders
Brighton rock
Solicitors Journal

Brighton rock

The FSA's new tack on independent financial advisers raises challenging questions for the legal profession, says Stuart Bushell
Assessing costs
Solicitors Journal

Assessing costs

Sam Ewing explores how to ensure costs estimates in contentious probate cases are as realistic as possible
In your interest
Solicitors Journal

In your interest

With the Court Funds Rules 2011 about to come into force, DJ Richard Chapman mulls over interest rates
Update: immigration
Solicitors Journal

Update: immigration

Jane Coker considers cases on students appealing points based system decisions and takes a look at rights of appeal
Update: IP/IT
Solicitors Journal

Update: IP/IT

Susan Singleton reviews cases on what is protected by copyright and liability of internet service providers
On the shelf
Solicitors Journal

On the shelf

Despite Jackson LJ's insistence that his recommendations come as a package, the government has chosen not to implement them all just yet. Gavin Foggo and Molly Ahmed examine what's been put on hold
Compare the market
Solicitors Journal

Compare the market

How will a non-recoverable regime affect the before and after-the-event insurance markets? Helen Smith reports