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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

All shook up

It was more like a war, because there were several battles and the outcome was not to be known until all the fighting was over.

DEFRA plans to give farmers licences to cull badgers

DEFRA is planning to give farmers licences to cull or vaccinate badgers in those parts of England worst affected by bovine TB.

In-house lawyers not covered by professional privilege

Internal communications by in-house lawyers are not protected by professional legal privilege, the European Court of Justice has confirmed.

Expenses MPs can appeal to Supreme Court

The three former Labour MPs charged with theft by false accounting in the wake of the expenses scandal can appeal directly to the Supreme Court, it was decided this morning.

Advocates remember the 'greatest jurist of our time'

Lawyers have reacted with sadness to the death this weekend of Lord Bingham, described today by Lord Hope, the deputy president of the Supreme Court, as the "greatest jurist of our time".

LSC faces more than 30 judicial reviews over civil legal aid contracts

The LSC is facing more than 30 judicial reviews from law firms which lost civil legal aid contracts in the latest tender round, it has emerged.

System meltdown

As cracks begin to appear in the legal aid scheme, how can firms plan for the future, asks Russell Conway