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Natural selection

Aptitude tests for law school applicants could be the objective filter that gives all would-be lawyers equal access to legal education regardless of background, so...

Fair play

As it promises a new approach to regulation, the SRA should start treating solicitors being investigated with greater fairness, says Susanna Heley

Freedom of information requests

Making or resisting FOI requests? Robert McCracken QC and Cain Ormondroyd explain how they would get started

Stifling the debate

The principle that the law should be the same for all has been challenged by doctors and science commentators who say they have been unfairly...

Update: commercial contracts

Mark Lucas reviews recent cases which illustrate the difference between fiduciary duties and good faith obligations

Magic moments

It was Henry VIII who made witchcraft a felony. Before that, the offence did not have a statutory footing as the ecclesiastical courts dispensed their...

Update: sport

Adam Leadercramer and Leo Avery review the steps involved in the bidding process for large sporting events and consider the first match-fixing charge in tennis

Turfed out

It is not enough for member states to simply say their actions are 'justified' - the ECJ will scrutinise their reasoning, says Paul Stanley NO