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Nicholas Dobson tramples on outdated concepts of qualified privilege & proportionality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
Browne Jacobson—Caroline Barker & Tom Walker
Browne Jacobson recruits regulatory experts Caroline Barker and Tom Walker to bolster health, government and corporates practices
Jackson Lees Group—Paul Harrison, Helen Innes & Sorcha McMullan
Partner and paralegals bolster clinical negligence team at Jackson Lees Group
Stone King—Manchester
Stone King triples Manchester footprint with office move as law firm’s rapid growth journey continues
