Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7494

Does the government’s new schedule for legal aid reform provide hope or just delay? Carol Storer reports

Voluntary legal advice providers will bear the brunt of funding cuts, says Jon Robins

Tom Walker shares a cautionary tale or two about “protected conversations”

Ian Smith pays homage to the Law of Sod

Kim Beatson & Lehna Hewitt review the court’s approach to asset sharing & brief encounters

Injured claimants should not be subsidising the insurance industry, says Karl Tonks

John Summers & Elizabeth Fitzgerald examine two recent judgments that challenge long-established property law rules

Justice v security: has the government got the balance right? Victoria Oakes & Alex Odell review the evidence

Is state immunity a “get out of jail” card for sovereign debtors, asks George Walton

Withers LLP v Langbar International Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1419, [2011] All ER (D) 22 (Dec)