Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7474

Jon Robins sets the scene for a series of articles on life after legal aid

Geoffrey Bindman warns against a professional civil war

Anna Thomas analyses the key issues in Sharon Shoesmith’s claim for judicial review

Elizabeth Carson ponders the division of family assets in light of K v L

Patrick Limb QC surveys the case of Zurich v Hayward

Michael L Nash revists the Sultan case to investigate issues of sovereignty & immunity

Miles Harris examines Araci v Fallon & the enforcement of negative covenants

A mortgage possession order—in the conventional form N31—which suspended possession so long as the borrower paid current instalments and in addition discharged the specified arrears remained in force even after the arrears had gone

Darren Sylvester toys with the Part 36 conundrum

Samco Europe v MSC Prestige [2011] EWHC 1656 (Admlty), [2011] All ER (D) 55 (Jul)