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No retreat on legal aid cuts and Jackson reforms

The government is making few concessions on its legal aid cuts and implementation of the Jackson reforms, an advance copy of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill seen by Solicitors Journal has indicated.

Clarke's sentencing discounts ditched

David Cameron has abandoned completely justice secretary Ken Clarke's plan to increase sentence discounts for people who plead guilty at the earliest stage from 33 to 50 per cent, it has emerged.

Solicitors' firm accepts defeat in battle to save court

Robin Murray & Co, the Kent law firm which launched a judicial review to save Sittingbourne Magistrates' Court, has accepted defeat.

Value of online conveyancing service jumps after AIM launch

In-Deed aims to dominate 'highly fragmented' market

Court closure judicial reviews fail

More grim news for court users as staff vote for one-day strike and overtime ban

Update: residential property

Janet Armstrong-Fox discusses recent cases on waiver in conditional contracts, landlords' repairing obligations and boundary disputes

Update: licensing

Roy Light reviews the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, appeals in the magistrates' courts, and the latest books licensing practitioners should have on their shelves

Called into question

Don't be taken in by the LSB's skewed interpretation of the complaints handling survey, warns Susanna Heley