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Osborne confirms increase in qualification period for unfair dismissal claims

Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed an increase in the qualification period for unfair dismissal claims from one to two years in a speech to the Conservative party conference today. The change will come into force on 6 April 2012.

Double privacy setbacks for prior notification supporters

Ferdinand's plea for prior notification labelled 'red herring'

Angry solicitor to protest outside SRA

A solicitor angry about the closure of his firm by the SRA is to protest outside the regulator's offices in Redditch later this week.

SRA apologises for mySRA 'teething problems'

Regulator to update solicitors later this month

Update: road traffic

Roger Cooper reports on the growing concerns over the rise in costs in motor insurance claims

Update: licensing

Roy Light examines the new, tighter licensing provisions introduced in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act and reviews recent cases on licensing procedure

Playing the part

The Court of Appeal has restored some sanity to the issue of part 36 offers in detailed assessment proceedings, says Simon Gibbs

In their pocket

The latest government attacks on personal injury claimants are based on a distorted view of the market, says David Ellis