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Baroness Scotland returns to the Bar

Baroness Scotland, the former Attorney General, is returning to the Bar, family law set 4 Paper Buildings announced today.

Employers liable for low levels of exposure to asbestos, Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court has held that employers are liable for mesothelioma contracted by their staff even if exposure to asbestos was “very small”.

600 firms apply to join Law Society's conveyancing scheme

Almost 600 law firms have applied to join the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS). A spokesman for the society said that, by this morning, 582 firms had applied to join the scheme with 13 successfully accredited.

Vital statistics: legal aid survey

With 5,000 green paper responses to pick through, legal aid minister Jonathan Djanogly could be gone for some time. So to fill the awkward silence Solicitors Journal decided to run its own straw poll of lawyers' attitudes to the budget battle. Here are the results

Home truth

New proposals designed to tackle domestic violence involve banning abusive partners from their homes, but will these powers be affected by a recent Supreme Court ruling? Jane Taylor investigates

Getting a grip

The Court of Appeal decision on disclosure has certainly changed the game. But should it be viewed as a hedging of legal professional privilege or a welcome curb on expert shopping? Penelope Heighton reports

Analyse this

When tackling a time-share brief, make sure you look beyond the brochures to properly review the risks, says Jonathan Silverman

Update: commercial property

Magnus Hassett considers how practitioners should respond to the new energy efficiency scheme and Elizabeth Small gets to grips with sub-sale relief strategies