Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7415

Khawar Qureshi QC considers the enforcement of a foreign judgment against a sovereign state

Initial responses to Jackson LJ’s Final Report focused on the headline grabbing proposals such as an end to the recovery of success fees and insurance premiums, one-way costs shifting and a ban on referral fees.

There is no shortage of critics of the family justice system. Family charities allege bias in the law so far as it relates to their members, senior judges complain that there is insufficient funding to properly protect children, Ofsted continues to criticise Cafcass, and politicians have finally woken up to the fact that the system should be viewed in its socio-economic and public health context.

Pro bono costs orders: levelling the playing field? By George Gordon

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter on the employee fallout from the eruption

Will the Revised PLP remedy some of the problems of the family law system? Rosie Schumm reports

Andrew Burns examines the insurance angles of recent PI claims

Once a highway, always a highway? asks John Summers

Charles Brasted & Julia Marlow highlight the significance of a decision being quashed due to mistake of fact

Tony Lewis & Charlotte Ovans consider the Bribery Act 2010 & a global approach to anti-corruption