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Peter Thornton to become first chief coroner

Judge Peter Thornton QC, a senior circuit judge at the Old Bailey, has been appointed the first ever chief coroner of England and Wales.

Tenants can make successive enfranchisement applications, Lord Neuberger says

The Master of the Rolls has made it clear that tenants wanting to enfranchise under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Development Act 1993 can make successive applications.

Editor's blog | Trainee remuneration and the competence tipping point

Dropping trainee salary to national minimum wage level will create a two-tier training system

Vexatious exemption: tackling pointless FOI requests

Organisations are now in a stronger position to deal with 'those abusing the right to information, says Vicki Bowles

Law Society hits back over SRA's plans for huge fines

SRA argued fines necessary to align firms with ABSs

Swings and roundabouts: crime reduction provisions in LASPO

Will the new crime reduction provisions in the 'Legal Aid Act help prevent offending and speed up the justice system or are they no more than cost-cutting measures aimed at relieving the pressure on 'courts and prisons? Jill Lorimer

Now is not the time for infighting over quality assessment

Accreditation is a positive step towards ensuring 'quality representation, argues Felicity Gerry

Deprivation of liberty can never be 'normal'

Defining normality by comparing a disabled person 'with someone in a similar situation is a questionable approach, says David Hewitt