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Safe as houses

As the digitisation of land registration processes promises to streamline the service clients receive from solicitors and conveyancers, the growing risk of cyber fraud shouldn't be underestimated. Matthew Rogers reports

Judicial diversity is stalling

The steps taken to date to increase the number of female and BAME judges are having little effect. Is it time for more radical and forceful action, asks Sundeep Bhatia

Lord Justice Fulford: 'Ill-informed' lawyers 'misunderstand' flexible court pilot

Letter from senior judge sets out to 'demystify' pilot scheme, but ends up angering practitioners

The deadly failings of the NHS disciplinary system

Narinder Kapur considers the lessons the NHS needs to learn from recent tragedies and the fundamental changes that must be made to its disciplinary proceedings

Robot lawyers are still a long way away

Users of legal apps must be aware that these are essentially automated McKenzie friends, not trained and regulated solicitors, says Pippa Allsop

Without access to justice, the law is a dead letter

Snigdha Nag examines the Supreme Court's landmark decision which finally quashed the coalition government's controversial employment tribunal fees

Judges' notes and the right to personal data

The release of a judge's handwritten notes is likely to have far-reaching consequences, says Alex Aisthorpe

Why Taylor's vital report must not go to waste

Lindsey Knowles considers the key recommendations of the Taylor Review