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Consumer panel opens consultation on referrals

The Legal Services Board's new consumer panel has started an investigation into referral arrangements, the first issue it will tackle since its appointment last month.

Supreme Court to hand down JFS ruling by Christmas

The Supreme Court's ruling in JFS, the case challenging the admissions procedure at one of Britain's oldest Jewish schools, should be delivered next week, Lord...

Berkshire firm closes

Willmett Solicitors, a mixed practice with offices in Reading, Windsor, Maidenhead and Woodley, has closed.

Defective product claimant allowed to substitute defendant after limitation period

Claimants in defective products cases could be allowed to substitute defendants if there has been a mistake as to the appropriate party to sue, even...

Bar fury over "cost-cutting" VHCC scheme

Barristers have reacted angrily to an announcement from the LSC today that one option for 'very high cost' criminal cases would be to extend the...

Beresford loses High Court appeal

Jim Beresford and Douglas Smith, former partners at Doncaster-based Beresfords, have lost their High Court appeal against the Law Society and the SRA.

Courts can make contact orders between boy living in Pakistan and mother in UK

English and Welsh courts have jurisdiction to make contact orders between children living outside the EU and their parents, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Public enemy

Why are lawyers less popular than second-hand car dealers? It's time to change the public image of the money-hungry fat cat, says Russell Conway