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Law course applications fall to just above UK average

University applications to study law dropped 5.2 per cent with only 13,139 applicants this year compared with 13,858 last year.

Former Apax boss tells Cameron to scrap unfair dismissal laws

Adrian Beecroft, former senior managing partner of global private equity and venture capital firm Apax, has called for the UK's unfair dismissal laws to be scrapped in a report for the prime minister.

Devil in the detail

Imelda Moffat considers whether accountants and lawyers are a match made in heaven or hell

Legal aid cuts 'will force victims of human trafficking to claim asylum'

Victims of human trafficking who end up in the UK could be forced to claim asylum to stay in the country, the general secretary of the Immigration Law Practitioners Group has warned.

Attorney General to argue in person that prisoners should not get vote

The Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, has said that he will go to the European Court of Human Rights in person to argue that the UK should be allowed to continue its practice of denying prisoners the vote.

Legal aid bill will be bad for families, alliance warns MPs

An alliance of family-related organisations and family lawyers has warned MPs that the legal aid bill will be “bad for children, bad for women and bad for families”.

Lost in space

A law firm's website is one of the most effective ways of communicating with potential clients. David Coldrick shows the way

Cost of SRA overhaul to hit £18m

The cost of the SRA's 'change programme' is expected to reach £18m by the end of this year, the regulator has said.