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What next for the MoJ?

A new Lord Chancellor must make the ministry a motor within government to kick start justice reform, writes Matthew Rogers

Bond Dickinson and Womble Carlyle approve transatlantic merger

Womble Bond Dickinson breaks into the UK's top 20 law firms with £340m revenue

Compensation fund awards down by 40 per cent

SRA warns rise in risk could see increase in claims in the coming years

'Uneconomical' work can be refused, criminal lawyers told

Reduction in legal aid funding means solicitors are undertaking work at a loss

Law firm not liable to non-client third party

Professional negligence claim was time barred and with no real prospect of success, court rules

600 per cent surge in UK solicitors joining Irish roll

Brexit-driven transfer decisions responsible for large number of new admissions

Third SQE consultation opts for single assessment organisation

SRA to start procurement process in first quarter of 2018

Justice at the polls

Angela Patrick, Paul Harvey, and Tublu Mukherjee consider the commitments made in the three main parties' manifestos and what they mean for the UK's justice system