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Off the record

Could we be approaching a time when the police are forced to delete their DNA database? Anna Fairclough reports

In check

Experts are not infallible - it is essential that defence lawyers provide them with as much information as possible to help them make the right...

Roaming charges

Can mobile phone records really offer your defendant a get out of jail free card? Duncan Campbell reports

The real deal

There's been a lot in the news in the past month about Ken Clarke. Formerly the bedrock of the coalition government, he now appears to...

Bundle of joy

DJ Nigel Law explains how to prepare your family court bundle without angering the judge

Crossing the line

Cross-examination techniques should be adapted to protect victims – but we must not impose too many limits, argues Jeannie Mackie

Clarke and Djanogly to consider ban on referral fees

Justice secretary Ken Clarke and minister Jonathan Djanogly are to consider a ban on referral fees, it emerged during the second reading of the Legal...

Teacher who kissed pupil has no right to lawyer at disciplinary hearing

A teaching assistant who kissed one of his male pupils was not entitled under article 6 of the ECHR to be represented by a lawyer...