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600 firms apply to join Law Society's conveyancing scheme

Almost 600 law firms have applied to join the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS). A spokesman for the society said that, by this morning, 582 firms had applied to join the scheme with 13 successfully accredited.

Children's charity launches judicial review against housing benefit cuts

The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has launched a judicial review against cuts in housing benefits.

Update: commercial property

Magnus Hassett considers how practitioners should respond to the new energy efficiency scheme and Elizabeth Small gets to grips with sub-sale relief strategies

Analyse this

When tackling a time-share brief, make sure you look beyond the brochures to properly review the risks, says Jonathan Silverman

Getting a grip

The Court of Appeal decision on disclosure has certainly changed the game. But should it be viewed as a hedging of legal professional privilege or a welcome curb on expert shopping? Penelope Heighton reports

Home truth

New proposals designed to tackle domestic violence involve banning abusive partners from their homes, but will these powers be affected by a recent Supreme Court ruling? Jane Taylor investigates

Vital statistics: legal aid survey

With 5,000 green paper responses to pick through, legal aid minister Jonathan Djanogly could be gone for some time. So to fill the awkward silence Solicitors Journal decided to run its own straw poll of lawyers' attitudes to the budget battle. Here are the results

The pitch and roll

It was as though we'd been transported back in time to summer in the sixth form common room. The pre-examination tension in the air was palpable and the faces around mirrored my internal concerns regarding whether sufficient preparation had been done and precisely what the next hour would entail. The four months which had passed since we embarked upon an internal one-day MBA course were about to culminate in our group presentation to the board.