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DLA Piper enters capital of proto-ABS

Magic circle firm DLA Piper has thrown its hat in the ABS ring by buying a minority share in LawVest Ltd, a company set up only last week to deploy “a market disrupting brand” to exploit the opportunities offered by changes to the legal services market.

Have we forgotten about clients in merger discussions?

By Andrew Hedley, Director, Hedley Consulting

Clarke launches new mandatory life sentence

Justice secretary Ken Clarke has announced that a new mandatory life sentence will be introduced, for a second 'very serious sexual or violent' offence. The long list of offences includes manslaughter, rape and wounding with intent together with terrorism offences, child sex offences and 'causing or allowing the death of a child'.

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.