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Clarke's 50 per cent discount plan 'to be ditched'

Justice secretary Ken Clarke's plans to increase the discount on sentences for early guilty pleas from a third to 50 per cent will be ditched,...

IP review urges government to take action

Current intellectual property law is stifling the economy but only serious government intervention can fix it, an inquiry has found.

Police guidelines on retaining DNA profiles are unlawful, Supreme Court rules

Guidelines used by the police to determine when they should destroy DNA profiles and fingerprints are unlawful and incompatible with article 8 of the ECHR,...

Conveyancing solicitors divided over impact of regulator 'shopping list'

Conveyancing solicitors are divided over the impact of being able to choose a regulator, after the Legal Services Board approved an application by the Council...

Bad influence

Increasing control over expert evidence in criminal trials will make justice more costly and less accessible, argues Finola Moss

Over and out

Few will regret the demise of the Legal Services Commission, but shouldn't there be an autonomous body responsible for legal aid policy, asks Steve Hynes

Survival of the fittest

Critics of NHS reform are wrong to spread fears of competition law breaches, argues Susan Singleton

Update: consumer

Bryan Nott celebrates a victory for consumers in the payment protection insurance case and reviews a decision on a notice of cancellation and a case...