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More clarity needed before will writing can be regulated, LSB says

Establishing the existence of widespread malpractice among will-writing companies is a prerequisite to introducing specific regulation of the sector, the Legal Services Board has said.

'No sacred cows' in family justice review, president warns

The coalition government will swoop on any recommendations posed by the current Family Justice Review to bolster a significant political shift in attitudes to domestic disputes, the president of the Family Division has hinted.

Sharp rise in cost of criminal courts despite cuts and redundancies

The cost of the magistrates' and Crown Courts has risen sharply despite widespread redundancies and millions of pounds in efficiency savings.

Reduced bonus did not make banker discrimination victim

A banker who injured his back in a skiing accident was not a victim of direct disability discrimination because his bonus was reduced to $450,000, the EAT has held.

Concern over leaks from Young report

Solicitors have reacted with concern to leaked proposals from Lord Young's report on health and safety which appeared in the press this weekend.

Update: immigration

Jane Coker considers the effect of the qualification directive on asylum claims, the criteria for recognition as a refugee and public interest in deportation

Update: professional negligence

Eve McBrinn and Andrew Nixon review disclosure in professional indemnity cases, substitution of parties, and the latest in the Levicom decision

Update: planning

Julian Boswall and Suzanne Walford discuss the implications of the coalition government's planning reforms, the Penfold review of non-planning consents, commercially sensitive information submitted with planning applications and a new fetter on planning authorities' discretion on their enforcement powers