Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7369

Lawyers hopeful government will be forced to change proposals after consultation

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Ghai v Newcastle City Council (Ramgharia Gurdwara, Hitchin and another intervening) [2009] EWHC 978 (Admin), [2009] All ER (D) 68 (May)

Port of London Authority v Ashmore [2009] EWHC 954 (Ch), [2009] All ER (D) 74 (May), Chancery Division

Access to justice and fairness core to ambitious review of civil litigation costs

Profession

Are Northern Rock shares not worth a truffle? ask Paul Dacam & Harriet Dedman

Peter Crampin QC & Simon Williams discuss the outcome & effect of Ofulue v Bossert

Helen Wolstenholme reports on genuine accidents & deliberate contempt

Peter Vaines reports on life, tax & quantitative pleasing