Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7724

Leslie v Farrar Construction Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 1041, [2016] All ER (D) 102 (Nov)

Adrian Jack rejects the government’s recent proposals for judicial reform

When does criticism of judges become contempt, asks Athelstane Aamodt

Advising on compliance with break provisions in a lease is no easy matter, says John Clargo​

What did the pro-Brexit peers suggest? Michael Zander QC looks back at the House of Lords’ post-referendum debate

A fresh legal paradigm has emerged in which criminal, regulatory & civil liabilities elide says Robin Barclay

The Bar embodies the structure that the rest of the legal sector is striving to emulate, says Paul Martenstyn

Ahmed v MacLean [2016] EWHC 2798 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 98 (Nov)

Bird v Acorn Group Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 1096, [2016] All ER (D) 92 (Nov)

Swap mis-selling & insolvent claimants: Simon Duncan examines the Global Restructuring Group & insolvency set-off