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Grayling demands further cut in legal aid for prisoners

Move follows cuts in fees in 2009 and restrictions on work in 2010

Thirty per cent of legal aid lawyers at risk of redundancy

Survey shows wide geographical discrepancies, with most senior practitioners most at risk

Behind bars | An Easter farce

Jeannie Mackie takes a trip down the river, and isn't impressed by what she finds

ABS countdown | 'What we need is a single legal regulator'

Was David Edmonds' sweeping statement to the Parliamentary Justice Committee anything more than a last throw of the dice, or does a Legal Services Authority make sense, asks Stuart Bushell

Grayling launches review of cautions

Cautions being used for violent and sexual offences, Magistrates Association says

High Court rejects bias allegation against SDT

No reason to believe that Hegarty was unable to 'bring objective judgment to bear'

Senior judges disappointed by LSB's 'absence of consideration' for courts

Lord Chief Justice has 'very serious concerns' about regulatory structure

Workshop: Deadlines, royalties and libel risk

Authors don't have to accept publishing contracts tilted in favour of publishers, says Jonathan Silverman