Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7401

Tribunal awards down; bank charge claims set to revive; ruling on missing credit agreement defence

Ross and another v Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs [2010] EWHC 13 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 49 (Jan)

Gillan and another v United Kingdom [2010] ECHR 4158/05, [2010] All ER (D) 40 (Jan)

Sondy v Crown Prosecution Service [2010] All ER (D) 41 (Jan)

Geoffrey Bindman on receiving his fiftieth practising certificate

The government has agreed to implement Competition Commission recommendations for a supermarket ombudsman and watchdog.

Justice Secretary Jack Straw has proposed a dramatic cut to the success fees lawyers can charge for winning defamation cases, days after the publication of Jackson LJ’s final report.