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Record-high overseas information requests increases burden on financial sector

'Disruptive' and 'expensive' process should lead to increased diligence checks, says RPC partner

Pupillage Gateway to begin three months earlier

'Common-sense decision' will benefit undecided students on costly BPTC

Baby steps

The government recently pledged £940m to improve mental health services across the country. Does this mean they'll finally turn their attention to another neglected group...

The road to hell

Actions taken with good intentions sometimes have the effect of backfiring disastrously. Politicians somehow have a knack of pulling off this feat more than most

Lawyers: An easy target amid warfare

How is Britain to maintain its position as a bastion of universal protections if it refuses to investigate allegations of abuse with its domestic legislation,...

Judges feel unloved as justice becomes unaffordable to most

An historic failure to modernise the court system has impacted on access to justice

CPS fights back against claims of 'inadequate' communication to victims

Prosecution service accused of lacking empathy with template letters to victims

Legal professional privilege must be enshrined in law, says Bar Council

Concerns resurface over lawyer-client communications in prisons