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January blues

Christmas already seems like a distant memory and already fanciful New Year's resolutions have been kicked to the side of the road like an exhausted...

Sizing up

What does the future hold for the civil and family justice system? DJ Michael Buckley assesses the upcoming challenges

New year, new rules

Jeannie Mackie looks forward to the arrival of the new Criminal Procedure Rules

Obscene publication acquittal prompts guidance review

'No problem in making adult material only available to adults'

Minimum salary for trainees has no justification, SRA says

Young lawyers warn of 'exploitation' if trainee minimum wage is scrapped

MPs call for clampdown on whiplash claims

MPs on the transport select committee have said that the government should consider bringing in laws to restrict whiplash claims if the Jackson reforms fail...

Lord Bach attacks government for 'scandalous' failure

Coalition has 'failed to get to grips' with consequences of legal aid cuts

Sumption arrives at Supreme Court

Jonathan Sumption QC, formerly the joint head of Brick Court Chambers, was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court last week.