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Over 160 organisations call for respect for human rights laws

Director of the British Institute of Human Rights calls Tories' proposals 'little more than vandalism'

Civil partnerships can now be converted into marriages

'Historic legislation' could be the end of the line for civil partnerships

LSB calls for help in modernising legal services

Consultation represents opportunity for lawyers, representative bodies and third party organisations to shape the super regulator's work

Law officers send mixed messages over human rights

UK weighs in conflict between United Nations and ECHR

Half of employers expect staff to need extra guidance on pensions

A majority of employers are broadly positive about the governments pensions overhaul but 50 per cent believe they will need to provide extra guidance to staff.

Balancing innocence and guilt: Telegraph journalist 'breaks the internet'

Legal profession reels at suggestion we should lower the burden of proof in criminal cases

ADR and costs sanctions

Eighteen months after the Jackson reforms came into effect, Tim Wallis considers their impact on recent cases

Hulk QC gets into the festive season

Barrister Hulk QC talks to SJ's John van der Luit-Drummond about the 'old boys' club', government surveillance, ethical dilemmas and M&S