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Double privacy setbacks for prior notification supporters

Ferdinand's plea for prior notification labelled 'red herring'

Angry solicitor to protest outside SRA

A solicitor angry about the closure of his firm by the SRA is to protest outside the regulator's offices in Redditch later this week.

The Rolls treatment

How can the government justify the money and pump over the new financial dispute court in the Rolls building when it is slashing legal aid and closing down local courts, asks Russell Conway

No more Payne

Recent appeal rulings in relocation cases have crystallised judges' growing concerns over the Payne guidance but they're not the medication parents looking to move were hoping for, says Teresa Davidson

In their pocket

The latest government attacks on personal injury claimants are based on a distorted view of the market, says David Ellis

Playing the part

The Court of Appeal has restored some sanity to the issue of part 36 offers in detailed assessment proceedings, says Simon Gibbs

Update: licensing

Roy Light examines the new, tighter licensing provisions introduced in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act and reviews recent cases on licensing procedure

Update: road traffic

Roger Cooper reports on the growing concerns over the rise in costs in motor insurance claims