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Clarke's 50 per cent discount plan 'to be ditched'

Justice secretary Ken Clarke's plans to increase the discount on sentences for early guilty pleas from a third to 50 per cent will be ditched, Downing Street sources are reported to have told the media.

IP review urges government to take action

Current intellectual property law is stifling the economy but only serious government intervention can fix it, an inquiry has found.

Police guidelines on retaining DNA profiles are unlawful, Supreme Court rules

Guidelines used by the police to determine when they should destroy DNA profiles and fingerprints are unlawful and incompatible with article 8 of the ECHR, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Conveyancing solicitors divided over impact of regulator 'shopping list'

Conveyancing solicitors are divided over the impact of being able to choose a regulator, after the Legal Services Board approved an application by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) to regulate ABSs.

Adams to appeal to Europe after miscarriages of justice ruling

The Supreme Court has extended the category of people entitled to compensation following a miscarriage of justice, but not far enough to include Andrew Adams, who was wrongly convicted of murder in 1993 and released after 14 years.

Update: agriculture

Michael Aubrey and Simon Blackburn review planning permission for polytunnels, the binding nature of a contract for the sale of bull semen, and imminent changes to the pesticides regulation

Update: consumer

Bryan Nott celebrates a victory for consumers in the payment protection insurance case and reviews a decision on a notice of cancellation and a case involving personal injury disbursement funding agreements

Survival of the fittest

Critics of NHS reform are wrong to spread fears of competition law breaches, argues Susan Singleton