Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7425

I had fish and chips with Sir Rupert a fortnight ago. He is as resolute as ever. His views are unchanged.

Cambridge looked characteristically beautiful during the Legal Services Research Centre’s 8th annual conference. Given the global nature of the recession, attendance held up pretty well—bolstered by a somewhat disproportionately large delegation from Australian legal centres.

Stephen Levinson analyses a case of judicial independence

Clare Renton supports calls for international consensus on relocation

Jamie Burton & Alex Gask consider how the gateway defence could make life easier for non-secure tenants

Anthony Connerty reports on how ADR has helped deal with the fallout from the collapse of Lehman Brothers

Nat Duckworth & Stephanie Tozer explain why notices continue to provide a fertile battleground for litigators

Don't make (tender) promises that you cannot keep, says Alison Mayfield

R v Budimir and Rainbird (Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport intervening) [2010] EWCA Crim 1486, [2010] All ER (D) 269 (Jun). Interfact Ltd v Liverpool City Council [2010] EWHC 1604 (Admin)

E-disclosure: in search of an ideal world? Louise Buchanan reports