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Vanishing point

Coupling costs reform with legal aid cuts could cause calamity for clinical negligence claimants, argues Malcolm Underhill

Darkness is cheap

A family solicitor's Christmas Carol, by Marilyn Stowe

Identity charade

Without the support of prosecutors, the Corporate Manslaughter Act was dead on arrival, argues Jonathan Grimes

Up for interpretation

Has the ruling in Oceanbulk created a new exception or are just old principles being applied? Graham Huntley and Richard Viegas investigate

Shirley you can't be serious

“Surely you can't be serious,” I said to my wife when she decided that it would be a good idea to spend four weeks in Australia.

MoJ 'freezing us out' says JP

Skimping on fuel bills is putting justice at risk, according to one magistrate.

LSB kicks off will-writing mystery shopping research

The Legal Services Board is to roll out its first will-writing mystery shopper initiative amid a range of other investigations into core high street interests.

DWP cannot recover benefits overpayments, Supreme Court rules

The Department for Work and Pensions cannot recover welfare benefit payments through the courts where the claimant is not at fault, the Supreme Court has ruled.