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'Fanciful' CoA ruling restricts legal aid funding for false imprisonment claims

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Michael Gove scraps 'ideological' two-tier legal contracts

Lord Falconer demands government come clean on how much public money was wasted on legal aid 'fiasco'

Great expectations-

Ensuring the long-term provision of funds to pay for care and wellbeing services is an essential part of protecting and enabling vulnerable individuals. As care plans for the vulnerable often require a specialist approach to meet expectations, why should wealth management planning be any different, asks Richard Fraser

The common enemy between medics and lawyers

The two professions hardly make natural allies so why is medical negligence solicitor Peter Stefanovic breaking the mould, asks John van der Luit-Drummond

Leading judges criticise court fee hikes as 'another poll tax on wheels'

Risk of denying access to justice is 'intense', says the Master of the Rolls

Traditional law firm model to decline by 2020, Law Society report finds

Solicitors will need to act quickly to take advantage of opportunities and keep up with competitors

Budget bingo

The joint Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 slapped many on the wrist as they reached for a second property, some were given administrative homework, and others were simply left in the dark reports Lucy Brennan

Supreme Court allows anonymity for reintegrated offender

Baroness considered balance between public right to information and potential harm to appellant