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Nicholas Dobson tramples on outdated concepts of qualified privilege & proportionality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
Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions
Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class
Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments
Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard
Myers & Co—Jess Latham
Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire
