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New life sentence a 'politician's answer' to a legal problem

Lawyers warn of rise in prison population

Attorney General calls for subsidiary principle to be strengthened

'Once in a generation' chance to reform Strasbourg

Employment lawyers in angry reaction to No10 report

Former Apax boss tells prime minister to scrap unfair dismissal laws

DLA Piper enters capital of proto-ABS

Magic circle firm DLA Piper has thrown its hat in the ABS ring by buying a minority share in LawVest Ltd, a company set up only last week to deploy “a market disrupting brand” to exploit the opportunities offered by changes to the legal services market.

Have we forgotten about clients in merger discussions?

By Andrew Hedley, Director, Hedley Consulting

Clarke launches new mandatory life sentence

Justice secretary Ken Clarke has announced that a new mandatory life sentence will be introduced, for a second 'very serious sexual or violent' offence. The long list of offences includes manslaughter, rape and wounding with intent together with terrorism offences, child sex offences and 'causing or allowing the death of a child'.

Law course applications fall to just above UK average

University applications to study law dropped 5.2 per cent with only 13,139 applicants this year compared with 13,858 last year.

Former Apax boss tells Cameron to scrap unfair dismissal laws

Adrian Beecroft, former senior managing partner of global private equity and venture capital firm Apax, has called for the UK's unfair dismissal laws to be scrapped in a report for the prime minister.