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Update: police

With a glut of cases hitting the upper courts this quarter, Caroline Day and Jill Lorimer take us through the latest rulings on admissions of...

Update: clinical negligence

Meningitis, risk of cerebral palsy, breast cancer, obstetrics - Dr Jock Mackenzie reports on another quarter in court for doctors defending clinical negligence claims

Cruising in

Does the new legal offering from the AA and Saga pose a real threat to traditional law firms? Jean-Yves Gilg investigates

New blood

The legal press has been awash recently with stories about admissions to the profession: Kaplan Law School is looking to introduce an admissions test for...

Roadrunner

The sticky issue of hire car claims is clogging up the courts - we need a solution, says DJ Monty Trent

Lawyers hit back at victims' champion's attack on criminal justice system

Calls from the victims' commissioner to save cash by blocking jury trials for either-way offences have been ridiculed as “disjointed and haphazard”.

SRA appoints external complaints handling body

The Independent Complaint Resolution Service, the body set up to hear complaints against the Land Registry, has been appointed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority as...

Labour's ASBO apparatchik warned to keep her hands off trial by jury

Calls from the victims' commissioner to save cash by blocking jury trials for either way offences have been ridiculed as "disjointed and haphazard".