Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7590

Jon Robins observes the fallout from the recent legal aid protests

Are the Family Procedure Rules 2010 an Alsatian mongrel of dubious legality, asks David Burrows

Is it now easier for landlords to obtain possession from assured shorthold tenants? Nathaniel Duckworth & Daniel Robinson report

Keith Patten welcomes useful guidance about the role of foreseeability in the determination of breach of duty of care

Keith Davies examines the court’s approach to the right to protest on public land

David Finnerty provides advice on how to avoid a professional negligence claim in a contested probate case

Is mediation the key to solving MCA 2005 “best interests” disputes, asks Russell Caller

Samuda v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another [2014] EWCA Civ 1, [2014] All ER (D) 03 (Jan)

Gray v Smith and others [2013] EWHC 4136 (Comm), [2013] All ER (D) 237 (Dec)

Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Company (c) and another v Al-Sayed Bader Hashim Al-Refai and others [2013] EWHC 4112 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 07 (Jan)