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Barristers predict a rise in public access work

Market liberalisation scheme is benefitting consumers, say regulators

Surge in HMRC investigations to follow beneficial ownership plans

Major EU economies promise to automatically share information on taxpayers

Employment lawyers wary of knee-jerk move towards Single Employment Court

ELA floats rebranding the Employment Appeals Tribunal to the Equalities and Employment Court

From the archive: April 17, 1869

Since our last publication the Married Women's Property Bill (a copy of which will be found in our last week's issue) has passed its second reading without a division, and has been referred to a Select Committee.

Brexit and the threat to recruiting from the continent

Difficulties in hiring low-skilled workers from a British labour market and ?transitional periods for employees are real concerns for the UK employer not in the EU, ?writes Kathryn Bradbury

Could the guilty plea write out the role of the defence?

The tone set is that defendants who know they are guilty should plead guilty, writes Ruth Harris

Student loans for the LPC

The government consultation on postgraduate funding could be good news for LPC students and social mobility in the legal profession, writes Charlotte Parkinson

In discussion: Brexit

With debate over the UK's continuing participation in the European Union hotting up, Solicitors Journal invites its readers to explain which way they are voting come the 23 June referendum. Can they persuade you?