The Bar

Articles

15 Aug 2011

Resisting temptation

Do not be tempted to dismiss the LSB's changes to outcomes-focused regulation as unimportant, warns Susanna Heley

25 Jul 2011

Update: environment

Adrienne Copithorne considers environmental impact assessment screening opinions, an odour nuisance case involving a landfill site, promptness in judicial review and planning fraud

14 Jul 2011

Consumer panel backs regulation for all will writers

The Legal Services Board's consumer panel has called for will writing to become a reserved activity – but not one reserved for solicitors.

11 Jul 2011

Update: estate planning

Helen Bryant considers the legal rights of testators' children, including cases on provision for an adult child, rectification and international estates

11 Jul 2011

In deep water

The high street is about to reach breaking point, warns Marilyn Stowe

4 Jul 2011

In check

Experts are not infallible - it is essential that defence lawyers provide them with as much information as possible to help them make the right decision, say David McCluskey and Miranda Ching

21 Jun 2011

No retreat on legal aid cuts and Jackson reforms

The government is making few concessions on its legal aid cuts and implementation of the Jackson reforms, an advance copy of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill seen by Solicitors Journal has indicated.

20 Jun 2011

The gloves are off

The only winner in the Hastings-Bass U-turn will be the tax man, argues Ruth Hughes