Recently there has been much publicity about graduates working for nothing, or indeed even paying to work, in the hope of making an impression and getting a paid job) see for example The Mail Online, 4 March 2010 – “The Slave Labour Graduates.”)
With pressure mounting on public spending, legal aid is a likely victim of significant cuts. Politicians blame lawyers for inflating demand and increasingly desperate lawyers make pleas for quality and access to justice that are likely to fall on deaf ears. Something, everybody agrees, needs to be done—but nobody can decide what that something might be.
Nicholas Dobson ponders the legality of Hindu funeral pyres
Are village greens the new weapon of choice against property developers? Malcolm Dowden investigates
When can employees expect to benefit from legal representation? Adam Chapman & Andreas White report
Patrick Hill & Richard Booth consider the scope of contributory negligence
BSkyB ruling rings alarm bells for IT suppliers. Andrew Dodd & Louisa Albertini explain why
Bateman highlights the broad rights of employers to alter terms & conditions unilaterally, says Sam Burnett
In a number of recent cases the courts have penalised a “successful” but dishonest party with a punitive costs order
Pink Floyd Music Ltd and another v EMI Records Ltd [2010] All ER (D) 101 (Mar)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires
Nikki Bowker, head of litigation and dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on
Ellisons—Sarah Osborne
Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
DWF—Chris Air
Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ
