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Straw wants ten per cent cap on success fees for libel

With a general election looming, justice secretary Jack Straw is planning to cut the uplift libel lawyers can add to their success fees from 100...

Update: IT/IP

Susan Singleton considers new laws on 'cookies', proposed fines for major breaches of data protection law, new regulation of online content, keywords in advertisements, and...

Firing the last shot

The courts are unlikely to displace the traditional approach to contract formation unless there is proof that both parties intended for certain terms to prevail,...

Fix or twist?

Is the fixed success fee system appropriate for asbestos claims or should there be a return to court assessment of success fees? Simon Gibbs provides...

Music producer wins Marmite battle

A music producer has avoided potentially crippling legal costs after winning a battle over a recording used in TV advertisements for Marmite.

Made to measure

Unless you can prove that non-compliance has caused a measurable increase in costs, it is unlikely that a costs order will be made or any...

Clear the way

What constitutes 'multiple agreements' under the Consumer Credit Act is so unclear the revelant provision should be repealed to avoid wasting anymore time on attempts...

Jewish school loses admissions policy challenge

One of the oldest Jewish schools in England has lost its appeal against a Court of Appeal ruling that its admissions policy breached race discrimination...