What future for legal aid?
Two recent decisions in different tribunals could not have been timed any better to liven up the debate raised in Jackson LJ’s proposals for civil costs reform and the government’s green paper.
Jen Hawkins & Malcolm Dowden explain why the Localism Bill heralds false hope, not a new dawn
Brace yourselves now! 2011 is set to be a bonanza on all fronts, says Ian Smith
Jonathan Herring reports on surrogacy dilemmas
Richard Scorer considers the rights & wrongs of kettling
Justin Bates revisits residential service charges
Nicholas Dobson tramples on outdated concepts of qualified privilege & proportionality
Jennie Gillies welcomes a decision which clarifies the relationship between contractual obligations & tortious duties
James Langford emphasises the importance of robust contracts
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires
Nikki Bowker, head of 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 Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice
