Hitchcock DVDs

In The City: Shackleton is most famous lawyer

To get ahead in today’s legal world, forget legal education - you need a jug of water poured over you

Weird Cases: animated witnesses

A judge in Germany is forced to halt proceedings to avoid fits of giggles

How the courts are coping with the mortgage crisis

Judge Stephen Gerlis explains how his court is dealing with the surge in repossession actions by lenders

Weird Cases: good news for democracy

Romanian politicians fail in a novel attempt to limit the media's reporting of bad news

Weird Cases: family feud

An Irish mother is accused of having an affair with her daughter's husband in an unusual drink-driving case

Weird Cases: frivolous names

A court in New Zealand refuses to sanction the name 'Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii'

Promoting the Olympic spirit in the courtroom

Important principles were confirmed by the Dwain Chambers judgment

In the City: heart-warming tales of help

Niche firm Lane-Smith & Shindler open an office in Zurich to serve super-wealthy refugees from the UK

Max Mosley case: are judges strangling the freedom of the press by stealth?

The court has set a high hurdle for the media when publishing stories about an individual’s personal life or sexual behaviour

Weird Cases: driving discrimination

An Italian man wins his case against the authorities for a blatant case of sexual discrimination

In the City: is South America the next big thing?

The chequered history of Anglo-Argentine relations took a turn for the better, thanks to The Law Society

Adoption case a 'disgrace' and cannot be repeated

Family judges want greater openness of proceedings so that their decisions can be seen to be fair and they can rebut criticisms of bias

Weird Cases: brides who sue

An Italian bride left exposed at the altar is not the first legal case involving a wedding dress

In the City: Eversheds and the Hayward Gallery

My least favourite building on the South Bank at least has a friend in Eversheds as it celebrates its 40th birthday

When puzzles are more interesting than working out the truth

An Australian jury playing Su Doku were not the first to focus on irrelevant distractions, says David Pannick, QC

Pleasing employers, letting down victims?

Workers who contract long-latent diseases such as asbestosis may soon be unable to trace the insurers of their employers