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Nicholas Dobson tramples on outdated concepts of qualified privilege & proportionality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
Muckle LLP—Ella Johnson
Real estate dispute resolution team welcomes newly qualified solicitor
Morr & Co—Dennis Phillips
International private client team appoints expert in Spanish law
NLJ Career Profile: Stefan Borson, McCarthy Denning
Stefan Borson, football finance expert head of sport at McCarthy Denning, discusses returning to the law digging into the stories behind the scenes
