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Expect redundancies, MoJ director tells staff

About £2bn will be sliced off the Ministry of Justice's £9bn budget over the next two years, some of which through redundancies, according to a letter leaked to the Public and Commercial Services Union.

Elderly jurors don't have the foggiest, say judges

Letting the over-70s join juries would cause "substantial disruption" to proceedings, according to judges.

Society warns of judicial review over civil contracts

The Law Society is “urgently taking legal advice” on whether there are grounds for a judicial review of the LSC's latest civil legal aid tender round.

Barnardo's attacks "unprecedented delay" in care proceedings

Children's charity Barnardo's has attacked the county and family courts for “unprecedented delay” in making care and supervision orders.

Beyond reasonable belief

If you use the Mental Health Act, writes David Hewitt, it seems you can believe what you like

Update: personal tax and trusts

Hastings-Bass is the rule that keeps on giving, says David Bird

Update: commercial property

Paired-down perpetuities law is a welcome step, but the courts have left us wanting in the Good Harvest decision, say Eugene McMahon and Jonathan Ross

Bad reception

By confirming the 'reception directive' covers subsequent as well as initial asylum claims, the Supreme Court has brought welcome news to those previously denied the right to work - but the government is already looking at ways to restrict this entitlement, warns Naim Rahman