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QOCS not available to claimants who fail to beat part 36 offers

Losing defendants face having to pay ten per cent of damages plus costs

CILEx president calls for independent practice rights

Legal executives are the equal of any other type of lawyer and should be afforded the same rights

Challenging speed camera evidence

The presumption that a vehicle owner has committed 'an offence may only exceptionally be displaced, 'says Andrew Church-Taylor

Virtual law firm pioneer takes over as Law Society president

Co-op and online services 'absolutely fine for people that want it', new president says

Equality of arms: the intended effect of the new rules on cost proportionality

The proposed new rules on costs recoverability ought to ensure defendants with deep pockets cannot manipulate the personal injury litigation market, or at least they should ?be applied to this effect, says Michael Williamson

Prosecuting internet sex offences under old laws

When Parliament was in the process of considering the Criminal Justice and Immigration bill in 2008, various interest and pressure groups lobbied in the hope that their particular concern or hobbyhorse would be considered for inclusion in the bill. Among them was Kent Constabulary, who expressed the concern that there appeared to be a lacuna in the existing law that needed to be filled by the new Act.

Clearer public benefit guidance

Charity Commission lawyer Kenneth Dibble calls on stakeholders to help craft new public benefit guidance principles on the class of beneficiaries in the 'context of independent schools

Strasbourg ruling in Abu Qatada case was the right outcome

The Strasbourg court's ruling in the Abu Qatada case may have been a bitter pill to 'swallow but it is the price to pay for the rule of law, says Amir Majid