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Government takes direct control of legal aid as Regan resigns

The government has announced its intention to take direct control of legal aid by turning the Legal Services Commission into an executive agency of the...

Council golf course is a 'town green', Supreme Court decides

A council golf course near the Tees estuary in Redcar must be registered as a 'town green' under the Commons Act 2006, the Supreme Court...

Catholic agency in ultimate appeal over same-sex parenting

Catholic Care, the organisation providing adoption services to the catholic community, has started a last-ditch attempt to stop the application of regulations that would prevent...

QC faces £560,000 demand from wife he divorced 25 years ago

David Vaughan QC, one of the leading silks at Brick Court and described by Chambers as a “doyen of competition law”, faces a claim for...

Off the scale

The courts have regarded the difference between a restriction on and deprivation of liberty as a matter of degree, but the real question is whether...

Pick and mix

The Law Commission's proposals for reforming adult social care will combine current and future policies, resulting in a clearer and more straightforward legal system. Frances...

Plain speaking

Holiday insurance providers should ensure they give customers clear information about their policies to avoid regulatory sanctions, says Laura Clarke

Update: crime

Ian Harris and Christopher Gutteridge discuss the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act, breaching the Criminal Procedure Rules, police malpractice and sentencing for firearms offences