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Hemming's way

The trouble with mapping the boundaries of parliamentary privilege is only the House knows the rules, writes Ian Cram

Big fish, little fish

I suppose it's almost time to mingle, mutters Russell Conway

Slash and burn

The message from Birmingham is clear – if impoverished local governments continue to rush through cuts without due regard for their public duty, they will simply wind up back at square one with an additional legal bill on their hands, says Sam Karim

Fresco law

Has all this talk of the professional big bang got you cowering in a corner? Mike Scutt's news of an exciting innovation in alternative business structures may be just the solution you've been looking for - it involves sheds

Roll with it

It is music to my clients' ears that I have settled a couple of cases. The first was difficult on a number of levels because of its technicality and emotive circumstances. One of the claimants had been terminally ill for a long period of time and died the day before the scheduled mediation. The family bravely chose to go ahead in an attempt to get on with resolving what had already been a fairly drawn-out claim.

Judicial review court to be mothballed next week

Hearings at Sittingbourne Magistrates' Court, the court at the centre of the legal battle against the government's radical closure programme, will end tomorrow.

New conveyancing service to sign up six firms by Christmas

In-Deed, the conveyancing service launched earlier this week by Rightmove's founder Harry Hill, is looking to sign up six firms on to its panel between now and Christmas, Solicitors Journal can reveal.

High Court cuts plastic surgery victim's claim from £66m to £6m

The High Court has awarded £6m in damages to a successful businesswoman whose face was badly injured by plastic surgery.