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Up to scratch

New initiatives to help practitioners keep up to date with the funding options available to their clients should be embraced and widely implemented, says Paul Howcroft

Missing the point

The points based system is making some progress but the government must make vast improvements to ensure its success, says Abid Mahmood

Well trained

Firms withdrawing training contracts must act fairly and in a non-discriminatory manner to avoid claims that could damage their reputation, says Gemma Sowerby

Unfinished business

The DPP's interim guidance on assisted-suicide prosecutions leaves many questions unanswered, says Penney Lewis

Signed and sealed

If the plumber can charge £90 for five minutes' work, solicitors should be allowed to increase the fee for swears, says Russell Conway

Keeping in check

Philip Henson explains the consequences of recruiting illegal workers and the steps employers should take to ensure they stay within the law

The wrath of grapes

First we had the 2003 Licensing Act, which removed central legislative control of opening hours and handed it over to licensing authorities. The Act contained what the Home Office persist in calling a 'raft' of measures designed to control the effects of 24/7 pubs, and the Act was promoted as an aid to tourism, an inducement to a civilized European outdoors social life, and an economic enhancement.

Update: charities

Moira Protani and Charlotte Watts review decisions published under the Charity Commission's new practice of publishing regulatory case reports, and cases highlighting the rise in legacy and testamentary capacity claims