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Minimum salary for trainees has no justification, SRA says

Young lawyers warn of 'exploitation' if trainee minimum wage is scrapped

MPs call for clampdown on whiplash claims

MPs on the transport select committee have said that the government should consider bringing in laws to restrict whiplash claims if the Jackson reforms fail to reduce them.

Lord Bach attacks government for 'scandalous' failure

Coalition has 'failed to get to grips' with consequences of legal aid cuts

Sumption arrives at Supreme Court

Jonathan Sumption QC, formerly the joint head of Brick Court Chambers, was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court last week.

Government should consider whiplash laws, MPs say

MPs on the transport select committee said today that the government should consider bringing in laws to restrict whiplash claims if the Jackson reforms failed to reduce them.

77,000 Londoners will lose from legal aid cuts

A total of 76,770 Londoners will lose access to legal aid in the areas of social welfare, housing, employment and immigration if the government presses ahead with its legal aid cuts, a report has found.

SRA calls for abolition of minimum salary for trainees

The SRA has backed abolition of the minimum salary for trainee solicitors and suggested that they could instead be paid the national minimum wage.

Sumption sworn in at Supreme Court

Jonathan Sumption QC, formerly the joint head of Brick Court Chambers, was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court this morning.