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Law will tear us apart

Justices are fiddling with top-dollar divorces while normal families burn, says Marilyn Stowe

Learning the hard way

Since its creation, the Supreme Court has been successful in educating the public and improving media relations, but one year on it faces several challenges...

Update: education

Anita Chopra and Salima Mawji consider the Academies Act, special educational needs, pupils assaulting teachers, appeals against admission decisions, exclusions and students unhappy with decisions...

Update: intellectual property

Susan Singleton considers ongoing developments in smell-alike cases, internet marketing, malicious falsehood and pharma dominance

Not another wine bar

The government's so-called 'consultation' over proposed court closures borders on the scandalous, says Philip Henson

The best medicine

Do you ever sit across the table from a client and wonder why you are on one side of the table and they are on...

Update: agriculture

Falling branches, dung deadlines and the civil liberties of soft furry things - Simon Blackburn reports on an eventful summer in agricultural law

Information overload

A recent case on Data Protection Act requests sheds some light on solicitors' duties, but further clarification is needed, says Seamus Smyth