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Assisted-suicide policy "not a numbers game"

Prosecutors handling assisted suicide cases will be required to give closer consideration to the motivation of the suspect as part of a series of new guidelines published today by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

MPs recommend prior-notification in privacy cases

A group of MPs reviewing the operation of privacy and libels laws in England have ruled out mandatory pre-notification but have called for journalists to voluntarily notify individuals before publication.

Judges to be asked about voluntary work

People applying for judicial posts should be asked about voluntary work, Baroness Neuberger, chair of the Lord Chancellor's advisory panel on judicial diversity, has said.

Sweeping reforms planned for laws on adult social care

The Law Commission is planning to sweep away more than 60 years of legislation on adult social care and replace it with a single, modern statute.

First ABS to open doors on 6 October 2011

The first ABS will open for business on 6 October 2011, David Edmonds, chairman of the Legal Services Board, has said today.

A fine line

The sentencing guidelines on corporate manslaughter have provided welcome clarity but still leave much to the courts' discretion and risk leading to piecemeal developments in the law, says Atiyah Malik

Weighed down

Increasingly complex regulation places a heavy burden on charities without achieving the objective of effectiveness, say Jonathan Brinsden and Nicola Evans

Watch carefully

The requirement to consider proportionality is only one of several changes local authorities will need to comply with under new covert surveillance rules. Ibrahim Hasan reports