Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7684

Opening up or shutting out? Funke Abimbola turns the spotlight on the legal profession

Humphrey v Aegis Defence Services Ltd and another [2016] EWCA Civ 11, [2016] All ER (D) 81 (Jan)

Alec Samuels reflects on the pros & cons of a touch of judicial illegality

Maughan v Wilmot [2016] EWHC 29 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 103 (Jan)

Neil Parpworth on the matter of reforming the powers of the House of Lords

Crooks v Hendricks Lovell Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 8, [2016] All ER (D) 100 (Jan)

Leeds City Council v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2015] EWCA Civ 1293, [2016] All ER (D) 52 (Jan)

Cooneen Watts & Stone Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2015] EWCA Civ 1261, [2016] All ER (D) 51 (Jan)

Apil claims Insurance Fraud Taskforce went far beyond its remit