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Lord Bach attacks government for 'scandalous' failure

Coalition has 'failed to get to grips' with consequences of legal aid cuts

MPs call for clampdown on whiplash claims

MPs on the transport select committee have said that the government should consider bringing in laws to restrict whiplash claims if the Jackson reforms fail to reduce them.

Minimum salary for trainees has no justification, SRA says

Young lawyers warn of 'exploitation' if trainee minimum wage is scrapped

Obscene publication acquittal prompts guidance review

'No problem in making adult material only available to adults'

IT/IP update

Susan Singleton reviews database rights, illegal downloading, data protection and private email accounts, and a European case on internet selling bans

Immigration update

Jane Coker considers several cases highlighting the tensions between domestic and European immigration laws

In the balance

The Legal Services Board has performed well so far, but has it done enough to avoid the chop? asks Stuart Bushell

IHT mitigation

What happens to the trust of a surviving spouse who then remarries? Charlotte Reed explains