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Editor's letter: Good or bad?

New performance management systems need to win over hearts and minds or risk increased defections, says Manju Manglani

12 days

If you tear this wrapper off the second your SJ arrives on your desk and turn to this page you will now have 12 days...

SRA must not 'drop the ball' on diversity

Risk-based approach could make it harder to collect data

Criminal lawyers treated with 'contempt and arrogance' by government over unpaid committals

Hearings to be phased out but solicitors continue working for free

Split decision

The ruling in Jones v Kernott provides some clarity but far from shuts the door to future cohabitation disputes

Jersey backs third-party litigation funding

For the first time ever, a court in Jersey has backed the use of third-party litigation funding agreements.

System 'not to blame' for mySRA delays

Antony Townsend, chief executive of the SRA, has given a spirited defence of the regulator's much delayed 'mySRA' online renewal system.

Bar claims credit for delaying competitive tendering

Michael Todd QC, incoming chairman of the Bar Council, said the government's decision to delay competitive tendering for criminal legal aid by two years was...