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Consumers let down by legal quality schemes, panel says

Voluntary quality schemes for legal services failed to check providers' technical competence, didn't take account of consumer's views and offered "no proof that they are delivering on their quality claims", the legal services consumer panel has found.

Jackson LJ tells solicitors to rely on new third-party funding code

Lord Justice Jackson has said he anticipates that in the future solicitors will tell clients only to enter third-party funding agreements based on the new code, launched at the Royal Courts of Justice tonight.

Licensed conveyancers unveil rival to CQS

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) is to launch a rival to the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme.

Traveller's checks

The increasingly international nature of private wealth poses more challenges for practitioners, say Saleem Sheikh and James Cohen

Lords queue up to condemn legal aid bill

The government's legal aid bill met fierce opposition in the House of Lords last night, during a seven-hour debate in which peer after peer attacked the cuts.

Clarke backs flexible working for senior judges

Justice secretary Ken Clarke has backed flexible working for High Court and Court of Appeal judges to encourage the appointment of more women to the most senior judicial roles.

Senior judges defend English courts' human rights record

Parliament could easily clear confusion by amending the Human Rights Act

Thousands of part-time judges in line for a pension

Entitlement to retirement pension strengthens judicial independence, adviser says