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Bar Focus | Public facing: is direct access a threat?

The new rules allowing direct public access to barristers, without instructing a solicitor, does not threaten solicitors position in the market, argues Hannah Kinch

BPP offers free courses for LPC graduates who fail to find jobs

Offer 'reflects our confidence in the employability of our LPC graduates'

Welsh legal brand to feature on The Apprentice

Former slate entrepreneur to ask Lord Sugar to invest £250,000 in Dynamo Legal

Northern delights | The kids aren't alright

Ten years on from joining his local Trainee Solicitors Group, Kevin Poulter believes supporting young lawyers is more important than ever

Businesses warn against TUPE test change

Abolition 'likely to result in renewed uncertainty'

Grayling 'turning the tide on compensation culture'

Huge cut in RTA fees comes into force today

Bar Focus | Taking stock

Unperturbed by the changes sweeping the PI sector, Amanda Yip QC believes those that adopt a pragmatic approach will continue to thrive

Bar Focus | Room at the top?

Gregory Jones QC and Ned Westaway discuss the HS2 case and other recent developments in the strategic environmental assessment of plans and programmes