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Tales from practice | Watched from afar

Having all his correspondence monitored 'doesn't worry Richard Barr - he's returning 'to the lost art of letter writing

Family business | Stories from the conflict zone

Being 'conflicted out' of a case is 'a challenge you must deal with quickly 'and cleanly, before it goes too far 'says Marilyn Stowe

'Remain vigilant on judicial independence', LCJ tells judges

Lord Judge calls for 'meticulous' approach in final Mansion House speech

Protecting lessees against market losses

Buildings insurance only covers rebuilding costs, not market value; but what if a building cannot be rebuilt and leaves the lessee with a huge shortfall, asks Howard Salter

Balva was third biggest indemnity insurer

Law Society includes unrated insurers in guide but gives warnings

Divide and rule

So, the justice secretary likes solicitors and is fed up with barristers. Chris Grayling's appearance at this morning's justice select committee could not have gone any worse as far as the Bar is concerned. Not only was the Bar failing to respond properly to his plans or to co-operate on quality standards, there were too many criminal legal aid barristers and a lot of them were "struggling to get enough work".

Grayling sides with solicitors and attacks barristers on criminal legal aid

Fresh consultation to be launched in September after 'detailed talks' with Law Society

Editor's blog | The predictable LETR paradox

There is a strange but perhaps predictable paradox at the heart of the Legal Education and Training Review. It took two years to produce, and 350 pages later comes up with a set of recommendations that everybody seemed to be expecting and few of which – if any – are in fact proposing any major changes to the current system.