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The contempt of the SRA

Kerry Underwood has a warning notice for the SRA: Leave the law to parliament and judging to the judges

A new leaf

Minster Law's managing director Michael Warren explains to Matthew Rogers how the firm is finding ways to increase efficiency and grow its business

Control-Alt-Delete

Richard Easton considers the Lammy Review's proposals to reform the criminal records regime and prevent further discrimination against BAME and juvenile ex-offenders

Solicitors and social worth in the North East

Insurance lawyers have a new role model in Meg Kirby, the founder of a dynamic charity that provides urgent pro bono advice to terminally ill patients. John van der Luit-Drummond reports

Preserving one's position

Rizvan Mussa and Salima Mawji reflect on the latest High Court guidance on judicial review and complaints to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator

The mundane everyday usefulness of human rights laws

Liberty director Martha Spurrier talks to Jean-Yves Gilg about how the Human Rights Act has changed English law for the better

Lights Out

Publishing a weekly magazine is an all-consuming, relentless affair; for a small team like us, it was part of our lives, writes Jean-Yves Gilg

Just passing through

John van der Luit-Drummond looks back at Solicitors Journal's illustrious 160-year history