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The cooperative approach

Firms at risk of intervention must cooperate fully and promptly with the regulator to avoid potentially disastrous consequences, warns Tony Guise

No position to judge

Criminal trials have been big news in the last few weeks; allegations of murder or attempted murder have been tried in that most vexed area...

Grieve calls for new methods of funding legal aid and criticises LSC

Dominic Grieve QC, shadow justice secretary, has championed alternative methods of funding legal aid, while saying that the LSC was “not fit for purpose”.

Council liable as woman drives off road into tree

West Sussex Council County was liable for a woman's injuries after she drove into a tree, even though she admitted driving too fast on an...

Cross-wearing worker loses discrimination appeal

A British Airways check-in assistant who claimed she was discriminated over the wearing of a small crucifix, has lost her case in the Court of...

Court of Appeal calls for review of oral evidence from children

The Court of Appeal has called for a review of the rules on the giving of oral evidence by children in family cases.

Lifers transferred to mental hospitals can claim benefits

Convicted criminals jailed for life, who are later transferred to mental hospitals, can claim benefits once their tariff has ended, the Court of Appeal has...

Tories back French system of funding legal aid

Dominic Grieve QC, shadow justice secretary, is considering a French system of funding legal aid under which all client funds are held in a single,...