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First reported case on the shorter trials scheme

Questions have been answered on whether cases can be transferred into the STS and whether this case fell within the class of cases appropriate for the STS, writes Ed Crosse

New guidance seeks to prevent local authority misuse of care system

Charity aims to address confusion over heavily criticised section 20 powers

Barrister gender and ethnicity under regulator's spotlight

BSB complaints-handling process not discriminatory but might favour women, report finds

Attorney general: Human rights and the Human Rights Act are not the same thing

Jeremy Wright QC comes out swinging on the British Bill of Rights and EU referendum

Lawyers gear up for Brexit battle

The legal market is wise to the impact of a break with Europe, but can it influence the debate, asks Matthew Rogers

Are we set for a Govexit?

Regardless of the result of the UK referendum on whether to remain a member of the EU, we might well see a new secretary of state for justice after 23 June 2016.

Chambers Focus

SJ's annual supplement dedicated to the work of the Bar is now available to view online

'Principled' Heathrow 13 avoid jail after airport trespass

Protest was 'a matter of life and death'. The impact of air pollution is a 'ticking time bomb', says Hodge Jones & Allen partner