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What's the benchmark?

One of the most overlooked and misunderstood elements of assessing mental capacity is that of the threshold of understanding

Kennedys warns MoJ over MedCo 'gaming'

MedCo needs to be kept simple with a mirrored auditing procedure, says defendant lawyers

APNs bring in £1bn for treasury

Once issued with an accelerated payment notice, tax payers have almost no means of challenging the notice

Revolving doors

After the slow summer months, September brings news of trainee retention rates, law firm revenues, and the inevitability of a new smartphone from the technology behemoth that is Apple.

Gove's description of public protest as 'uncivilised' gives pause for thought

Will the right to freedom of assembly be included in the government's new Bill of Rights?

Magistrates' courts

Magistrates warn the criminal justice system is near collapse due to growing delays, court closures, and funding cuts

Best lawyer husband?

The Associated Press's (AP) decision to call Amal Clooney an 'actor's wife' certainly set keyboards ablaze earlier this month.

Waking the bull

Moving a market in the right direction takes a multitude of favourable developments, and acquisitions are certainly playing their part