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DPP backs 'second degree murder' charge

Keir Starmer QC, the DPP, has said he backs the introduction of a US-style second degree murder charge.

A healthy approach

A small dose of cooperation would cure the deadlock in many hospital claims, says Susan Bartfield

Against the clock

Anecdotal evidence suggests solicitors are waiting longer before instructing counsel. But why, and what are the implications for clients, case workers and the courts? Seamus...

Seismic shift

With Jackson LJ's shake-up of civil litigation costs looming large on the horizon, a new legal landscape beckons, writes Martin Farber

Netting assets

When it comes to litigation against a company in liquidation, just how long is insolvency's arm? Elspeth Talbot Rice QC and Edward Cumming report

DEFRA to consult on English badger cull

DEFRA is to consult within the few weeks on a badger cull in those areas of England suffering the most from bovine TB.

Boy in the corner

The notion that the Supreme Court's ruling on a severely disabled boy's right to education has opened the floodgates could not be further from the...

Electric dreams

As the e-conveyancing 'revolution' grinds on, land registration expert Mangala Murali considers how far we have come since its inception 12 years ago