Last week's rape trial shows a youth justice review is not enough – we need to rip up the whole system and start again, say campaigners. Ailsa Dixon reports
Recruiters looking for staff with 'chartered' qualifications may seek legitimate assurances about professional skills but they could be breaking the law, say Shiva Shadi and Kai Graf von Pahlen
Small legal aid firms must embrace new ways to deliver their services if they are to avoid closure. William Flack considers the main two models and how these might evolve in the future
Mediation apparently originated in the Far East although it seems to me almost quintessentially English. The one I attended this month was frightfully civilised and served with plenty of tea. All that was missing were the cucumber sandwiches.
The Court of Appeal's endorsement of the admissibility of questionable tape-based evidence should cause considerable disquiet among criminal lawyers, says Benjamin Newton
Dominic Grieve QC, the new Attorney General, has promised a “period of silence†from the government before it launches a fundamental review of legal aid.
