Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7603

Proposal to restrict insurance providers could fuel market instability

Employers should avoid “copying and pasting” restrictive covenants into contracts in today’s fast-paced world.

Employment agency Reed is liable for up to £158m unpaid tax due on the salaries of thousands of temps it employed, after it lost its judicial review.

The keeping of the roll exercise is due to commence early next month, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced.

Personal injury sufferers in the UK face losses of thousands of pounds, as well as financial and emotional hardship, according to a new report.

Personal injury firms are “courting disaster” by routinely inflating success fees, a leading PI author has warned.

Five musicians who were replaced by a pre-recorded soundtrack for the London production of War Horse have failed in their High Court claim for reinstatement.

More than a quarter of all looked after children come from a small selection of mothers who have had multiple children removed.

Lord Justice Jackson, the main architect of recent civil litigation reforms, has responded to critics, who say the new regime has boosted costs and reduced access to justice.

Routinely inflating success fees to get the magic 25% is courting disaster, warns Jeff Zindani