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Lifers transferred to mental hospitals can claim benefits

Convicted criminals jailed for life, who are later transferred to mental hospitals, can claim benefits once their tariff has ended, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Tories back French system of funding legal aid

Dominic Grieve QC, shadow justice secretary, is considering a French system of funding legal aid under which all client funds are held in a single, national account contributing to the financing of publicly-funded cases.

Lord Bach reveals latest civil legal aid cuts

Lord Bach, the legal aid minister, has launched a fresh package of civil legal aid cuts, which the Ministry of Justice hopes will save £6m a year.

Update: agriculture

Michael Aubrey and Simon Blackburn consider recent cases involving RPA overpayments, possession orders against travellers and the validity of notices to quit

Update: company

Simon Graham examines several spectacular frauds which shed light on the responsibilities and liabilities of non-executive directors, auditors and solicitors

A clearer direction

The DPP's interim guidelines on assisted suicide bring some clarity to this previously unclear area of law, but what does the policy mean in practice, and what might the final guidelines include, asks Nick Cartwright

No pain, no gain

While there is a profitable market for the infliction of real pain on television, directors must carefully consider the design of such TV shows to avoid potential criminal liability, say Kate Oldfield and Kai Graf von Pahlen

Taking control

The first Supreme Court family judgments demonstrate its ability to deal objectively with complex family cases and provide helpful guidance to practitioners, says DJ Michael Buckley