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Strasbourg deluged by 2,500 applications from UK prisoners

The European Court of Human Rights has received 2,500 applications from convicted prisoners in the UK claiming their human rights have been breached because they are banned from voting in elections.

High Court refuses to postpone calculation of compensation award

The High Court has refused to postpone the calculation of a multi-million personal injury award until the Lord Chancellor, Ken Clarke, decides whether to cut the discount rate.

Provide more innovative routes to qualification, LSB chair tells regulators

Regulators should ensure that they provide more cost-effective and innovative routes to qualification for the widest number of aspiring lawyers, Legal Services Board chairman David Edmonds has said.

Clarke abandons minimum/maximum sentencing plan

Justice secretary Ken Clarke is reported to have abandoned plans for judges to set minimum and maximum jail terms when sentencing criminals, instead of the current system of automatically letting them go half way through their sentences.

Update: family

Lynne Passmore reviews Radmacher and the future of prenups, document disclosure, the extravagant lifestyle of a divorcing couple, and a TOLATA claim on the significance of the parties being engaged

On balance

In two recent asylum cases, the ECJ has given careful consideration to individual rights while simultaneously highlighting the importance of preventing proven terrorists from benefiting from the system, says Paul Stanley NO

Planning ahead

Craig Howell Williams QC explains when mediation can be the solution to planning disputes

Delicate condition

When outcomes focused regulation is adopted next year, the SRA's power to impose conditions on practising certificates is likely to increase – bringing both comfort and concern, says Susanna Heley