Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7386

What happens when Strasbourg gets it wrong?

Michael Fenn & Kristian Grice on why more global disputes are heading for English courts

David Bywater asks, is malpractice in the PI arena the preserve of solicitors?

Toxic “slops” company reaches compensation agreement with solicitors

Google has received encouraging news in its long-running legal battle over whether its AdWords service infringes trademark rights.

Polskie Ratownictwo Okretowe v Rallo Vito & C SNC & another [2009] EWHC 2249 (Comm), [2009] All ER (D) 80 (Sep)

The current esteem in which Parliament is held by the British electorate has not been so low for decades, if not centuries. The malaise has its roots in far deeper and longer term problems than the various scandals and debacles that reach the news. Given the state of disillusionment and the problems inherent in the current system, the tasks ahead are mountainous. Could Michael Mansfield restore faith in the government’s legal credentials?

Pereda v Madrid Movilidad SA: C-277/08, [2009] All ER (D) 88 (Sep)

The attorney general, Baroness Scotland, has been fined £5,000 for employing an illegal worker as her housekeeper.

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