Archive

Trainees: wannabe solicitors or bona fide dogsbodies?

Have you been swept up by an opportunity without considering the calibre of what you are really being offered, asks Pippa Allsop

Don't count on holding on to your rent, landlords

The uncertain status of commercial tenants holding over the end of a lease has become somewhat more predictable following a Court of Appeal ruling, say Daniel Gatty and Caoimhe McKearney

Design ambiguity and a suitcase in point

How much protection do community design rights really provide, asks Stuart Whitwell

It's not easy being green

SJ's John van der Luit-Drummond triest not to get 'smashed' as he interviews one of Twitter's biggest and angriest silks, Barrister Hulk QC

Law schools can't keep up with market changes

Jackie Panter discusses the fall in demand and economic viability of postgraduate courses

Do more than just belong: ensure you participate

Ignoring a request for arbitration on the basis of a jurisdictional issue may prove expensive, says Thierry De Poerck

Primary obligation: contracts first, damages second

James Harrison considers a recent Court of Appeal decision which ruled a victory for equity over contract when seeking interim injunctions

A softer Mitchell touch?

Flexibility is an option in the courts where arrangements are accepted by both parties, says Eleanor Kilner