Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7500

Jon Robins looks behind the scenes of Slater & Gordon’s recent buy-out

Is the small claims court so bad, asks Peter Thompson QC

When should junior court proceedings be stayed in favour of the High Court, asks Felicia Epstein

Patrick Allen joins the debate over whiplash claims

Tony Marks & Jonathan Tecks introduce a new family member

Siobhan Jones recounts the rise (& fall) of the “protester squatter”

Susan Nash considers the latest human rights developments

Nick Young & Richard Holden picture a post-euro debt landscape

Alstom Transport v Eurostar International Ltd [2012] EWHC 28 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 173 (Jan)
Chancery Division, Roth J, 20 Jan 2012

Schmitt v Deichmann and others [2012] EWHC 62 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 177 (Jan)