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LPAs: Safeguarding the client or facilitating abuse by attorneys?

The increase in people registering LPAs is heartening, but there are concerns that some attorneys are taking advantage of the ease with which they can be prepared, warns Ann Stanyer

Laws allowing 'unpredictably high' libel damages awards breach press freedom

Rules preventing judges from giving juries detailed directions breach article 10 ECHR, says Strasbourg court

De-linking of divorce from 'money' to be rolled out nationally

Successful pilot paves way for new approach to proceedings

'Sleepy' legal market not embracing external investment

Investors attracted by stable revenues and profit margins but facing cultural barriers

SRA renews call for civil standard of proof in disciplinary proceedings

Regulator claims criminal standard puts lawyers' interests above the public's

Supreme Court: NI residents must pay for abortions in England

Health secretary has a duty to prevent illness arising from an unwanted pregnancy, say dissenting judges

A recognised body of derivatives expertise

Sivakumaran Sivathillainathan considers the case of Darby Properties which has put the spotlight on the admissibility of expert evidence in banking litigation

GLS v Brookes: Discriminatory recruitment practices

The case of a law student who brought a claim against the Government Legal Service shows the diverse ways in which disability discrimination can arise, writes Anna Macey