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Not about tea with the Queen

I am going to write about football, but first let me mention the little matter of tea with the Queen.

Solicitors hit by £1,180 practising certificate fee

The practising certificate fee for solicitors has for the first time in history broken the £1,000 mark, rising to £1,180 from October.

JAC and Attorney General unscathed by latest constitutional shake-up

The Judicial Appointments Commission and Attorney General have both emerged unscathed as the government announced the latest version of its constitutional reforms.

LSC abandons "reckless" push to extend BVT across country but pilot remains

The LSC has abandoned plans to extend best value tendering of criminal legal aid across the country only months after the launch of a pilot scheme in Manchester, Bristol and Somerset.

Holiday park not to blame for toddler's death as "accidents may happen"

A holiday park was not to blame for the death of a two-year-old boy who drowned in a pond in Wales, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Paper value

Prenups are getting closer to being worth the paper they are written on but the Law Commission will have to grapple with complex questions before they can become fully binding, says Brett Frankle

A sore point

Immigration solicitors are poised to deal with a more rigorous compliance mechanism under the new Points Based System that raises serious conflict of interest issues, says Elena Tsirlina

Holding the keys

There is a lot more to consider when purchasing property for a charity than the basics of the conveyancing process, warns Jane Lonergan