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Vital statistics: legal aid survey

With 5,000 green paper responses to pick through, legal aid minister Jonathan Djanogly could be gone for some time. So to fill the awkward silence...

Home truth

New proposals designed to tackle domestic violence involve banning abusive partners from their homes, but will these powers be affected by a recent Supreme Court...

Getting a grip

The Court of Appeal decision on disclosure has certainly changed the game. But should it be viewed as a hedging of legal professional privilege or...

Analyse this

When tackling a time-share brief, make sure you look beyond the brochures to properly review the risks, says Jonathan Silverman

Update: commercial property

Magnus Hassett considers how practitioners should respond to the new energy efficiency scheme and Elizabeth Small gets to grips with sub-sale relief strategies

The pitch and roll

It was as though we'd been transported back in time to summer in the sixth form common room. The pre-examination tension in the air was...

Children's charity launches judicial review against housing benefit cuts

The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has launched a judicial review against cuts in housing benefits.

Sounding off is not enough, survey reveals

The Law Society is not doing enough to fight government cuts, according to a survey of legal aid lawyers.