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Criminal legal aid lawyers work for just £1.50 per hour

Legal aid lawyers earning less on successful defences than would be allowed under the London Living Wage scheme

A shift in focus

Legal advisers are failing to deliver the service levels that a new breed of savvy and cost conscious clients expect to receive, cautions Jon Whittle

Transfer of London divorces to 'Bury your marriage' hub delayed until late July 2015

HMCTS produce new guidance on changes to the divorce process in England and Wales

Bet on land

Prime location investment has been spectacularly profitable recently, yet even more spectacular have been the returns made on farmland

Legal aid lawyers join mass anti-austerity demo

Thousands march at demonstrations across the UK against Tory government cuts

Exclusive: Leading criminal legal aid firm to sidestep chambers

'This is not an attack on barristers', insists Tuckers' practice manager, as firm announces new technology to cut costs

Why Tuckers is abandoning the traditional Bar

'The fact that the Criminal Bar Association just announced that they will not be calling for barristers to return to direct action bears the whiff of a backroom deal', writes Adam Makepeace

A question of patience

A dispute between the controlling parties will have a destabilising effect on any firm, but how you do stop it from completely ruining the business, asks John Dickinson