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Update: police

With a glut of cases hitting the upper courts this quarter, Caroline Day and Jill Lorimer take us through the latest rulings on admissions of guilt, risky identifications and the detention of goods seized under unlawful warrants

Add or take away?

In the next instalment of our ABS countdown, Stuart Bushell examines the uncertain future of unregulated legal activities

Jailhouse rock

The longer politicians wring their hands over prison votes, the worse their legal woes will get, warns Benjamin Burrows

Casey closed?

We put victims' commissioner Louise Casey on trial for crimes against our readers' blood pressure. On the defence, Jennie Kreser and on the prosecution, Michael Jones

Cherry picking

Restricting the right to a jury trial ignores the fact that defendants can be victims too, argues Jeannie Mackie

Roadrunner

The sticky issue of hire car claims is clogging up the courts - we need a solution, says DJ Monty Trent

New blood

The legal press has been awash recently with stories about admissions to the profession: Kaplan Law School is looking to introduce an admissions test for the Legal Practice Course (LPC); BPP is seeking to open three new law schools in Cambridge, Liverpool and Newcastle; and the College of Law has refused to refund fees to students who never commenced their courses. In themselves, these stories might cause a stir and provoke debate about the commercialism of legal education or open market competition. But together they suggest something more serious.

SRA appoints external complaints handling body

The Independent Complaint Resolution Service, the body set up to hear complaints against the Land Registry, has been appointed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority as its external complaint handling service.