Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7642

JXMX (by her mother and litigation friend AXMX) v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust (Personal Injury Bar Association and another intervening) [2015] EWCA Civ 96, [2015] All ER (D) 180 (Feb)

Overriding lawyer-client & confidential communications is incompatible with the rule of law, as Nicholas Griffin QC, Robert O’Sullivan QC & Gordon Nardell QC explain

Recent cases provide clarity but consumers lose out on agency provisions, say Jonathan Butters & Kevin Durkin

Almost a year on from major reform, Tim Parker assesses the family justice system

Patrick Allen counts the costs of the Jackson & legal aid reforms