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Update | PACE: cover evidence, necessity of arrest

The recent Court of Appeal decision of Saunders v R [2012] EWCA Crim 1380 considered whether a valid waiver is given of the right to legal advice in a police station in circumstances in which all the consequences of a decision to waive are not made known to the suspect.

Update | Immigration: procedure, rights of dependents

'deportation of EU citizens, and the rights of dependents

Update | Education: complaining against higher education bodies

Salima Mawji assesses 'the effectiveness of the 'new complaint procedure against higher education bodies and the role of the independent adjudicator

How to assess partner competency through peer reviews

By Thomas Berman, Principal, Berman & Associates

Allowing solicitors to deal with tied financial advisers will endanger the reputation of the profession, believes Ian Muirhead

Walking a tightrope: charities' probate litigation

A guide to probate litigation for charities, ?by Naomi O'Higgins and Clare Pooley

Editor's blog | Blitzkrieg on the high street

QualitySolicitors and LegalZoom are under pressure from private equity to conquer the high street fast, but the Co-op has time on its side

Felix | When Britain was a different country

The Hillsborough report is a tribute to those who have faith in the law ?and shows how far we have moved on as a nation, says Felix