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Bar attacks LSB for failing to ban referral fees for advocates

The Bar Council has said it is “surprised and disappointed” that the LSB failed to ban referral fees.

Cala Homes loses appeal over regional strategies

Developer Cala Homes has failed in a second attempt to overturn a planning statement from communities secretary Eric Pickles, requiring councils to take into account the government's commitment to abolish the regional planning strategies.

LSB rules out blanket ban on referral fees

Frontline regulators will be allowed to ban referral fees if they can provide evidence of the reasons for doing so, the Legal Services Board has said in a report that has otherwise found there was no “purely regulatory case” for an outright ban.

Fresco law

Has all this talk of the professional big bang got you cowering in a corner? Mike Scutt's news of an exciting innovation in alternative business structures may be just the solution you've been looking for - it involves sheds

Slash and burn

The message from Birmingham is clear – if impoverished local governments continue to rush through cuts without due regard for their public duty, they will simply wind up back at square one with an additional legal bill on their hands, says Sam Karim

Big fish, little fish

I suppose it's almost time to mingle, mutters Russell Conway

Hemming's way

The trouble with mapping the boundaries of parliamentary privilege is only the House knows the rules, writes Ian Cram

Double entry

Has Jackson really been too kind to insurers? Simon Gibbs does the sums