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Older and wiser

Would-be mothers should be assessed for IVF treatment individually and according to merit – not age, argues Seamus Burns

Barking up the wrong tree

Russell Conway reflects on some of life's more tiresome traditions

Light at the end of the tunnel

A bright new year has started and we should all be leaping around brimming with enthusiasm for the opportunities that are unfolding. But most of us are not.

Bar prepares judicial review to protect criminal fees

The Bar Council has responded to planned cuts in fees for criminal legal aid barristers by threatening the government with a judicial review.

Law Society attacks civil legal aid cuts

Des Hudson, chief executive of the Law Society, has attacked the latest round of civil legal aid cuts, announced by Lord Bach this week.

Man who hid house in barn wins planning battle

A man who admitted deceiving a council by building on green belt land in Hertfordshire a 'barn' containing a three-bedroom house and a gym, has won his battle for planning permission at the Court of Appeal.

Pratchett backs assisted suicide tribunals

Sir Terry Pratchett, author of fantasy novels and a victim of Alzheimer's disease, has called for tribunals to be set up, including a lawyer and a doctor, to authorise assisted suicides.

Prosecuting mother for attempted murder in public interest, DPP insists

Keir Starmer QC, the DPP, has defended his decision to prosecute Kay Gilderdale for attempted murder following the death of her daughter Lynn, a victim of ME.