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Frances Gibb: Chilcot and legal advice

The Iraq inquiry has raised the question of whether opinions from lawyers should always be acted on

Weird Cases: baby in court

An unusual fight over whether to order a DNA test to prove the provenance of an 11-month old baby

In the City

Last call for those loans for Revenue & Customs - it's the most depressing weekend of the year

David Pannick: when is an Act unenforceable?

The Video Recordings Act 2010, which received Royal Assent last Thursday, deserves a footnote in any history of our constitutional law

Frances Gibb: an end to anonymity orders?

Supreme Court strikes a blow for openness saying orders are justifiable only in 'an extreme case'

Weird Cases: the paternity matrix

A woman who claims Keanu Reeves fathered her four children over 25 years - although she knew him as ‘Marty Spencer’

Frances Gibb: libel is an irresistible target

In a swift response to last week's report on civil litigation costs, the Justice Secretary pledges to cap the mark-up charged by lawyers in libel...

In the City: while chocolates move over the pond top lawyers look to be heading East

Weird Cases: can fish be a tool?

A pedicurist runs into trouble with a regulator for using fish to provide a 'foot smoothing' service

Tzipi Livni and the war crimes warrant

Who should be able to trigger an arrest? Some are suggesting the Attorney-General but others argue that DPP might be better placed to do the job

In the City: warm tales for bleak midwinter

Despite my chilblained hands — and through lightly gritted teeth — I bring news of subtropical, sunny climes where things have got better

David Pannick: the case of Tzipi Livni

Only the Attorney-General can consent to a prosecution over alleged war crimes so why are magistrates allowed to issue arrest warrants?

Weird Cases: the unbelievably strong orgasm

A woman who sued her gynaecologist accusing him of injury by 'leg buckling orgasm'

In the City: seeing in a new super-efficient year over crème brûlée, chocolate marquise et lemon mousse

The weirdest legal cases of 2009

Gary Slapper picks the best this year from his weekly Weird Cases column

In the City: why don't London law firms invite journalists to their stafff parties?

Perhaps it's simply prudent to keep us away from all that gossip - specially when there are also mediums and real mind readers about