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Access to justice restricted beyond the 'reasonable endurance of ordinary citizens'

Cuts to the Ministry of Justice's administrative budget are a 'big concern', says Bar Council chair

Cost lawyers enthusiastic about delegated judicial officer role

Investment needed to ensure robust selection, supervision, and review of DJO's, cautions ACL

Autumn statement 2015: Private client summary

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, delivered further cuts, new surcharges and a couple of nuggets of good news in his joint Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015. Here we go through all of the announcements affecting private clients

Limitation of £5,000 PI claims 'totally unacceptable', says Law Society

Government proposals 'completely undermine the right of ordinary citizens to receive full and proper compensation'

SRA gives legal firms more freedom as it binds solicitors to core professional standards

New regulatory model does away with prescriptive rules in favour of principles

Are law firms doing enough to encourage gender diversity?

By Laura Brooke, Event Producer, ARK Group

Merging clients: How merging law firms can avoid losing clients

Merging law firms are at risk of losing more than a fifth of their clients. Louise Fleming and Steve Lee speak with law firm leaders about how they keep clients at the centre of merger processes

Cybercrime targets: The biggest cybersecurity weaknesses in law firms

Many UK law firms are failing to tackle their greatest risks to cybercrime, a Managing Partner survey has found. Manju Manglani reveals the biggest cybersecurity weaknesses