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Hayter calls for 'credible' solicitor comparison websites

Dianne Hayter, chair of the LSB's Consumer Panel, has called for the development of "credible" solicitor comparison websites to help consumers choose between firms.

Lawyers hit back at victims' champion's attack on criminal justice system

Calls from the victims' commissioner to save cash by blocking jury trials for either-way offences have been ridiculed as “disjointed and haphazard”.

Casey closed?

We put victims' commissioner Louise Casey on trial for crimes against our readers' blood pressure. On the defence, Jennie Kreser and on the prosecution, Michael Jones

Cherry picking

Restricting the right to a jury trial ignores the fact that defendants can be victims too, argues Jeannie Mackie

Labour's ASBO apparatchik warned to keep her hands off trial by jury

Calls from the victims' commissioner to save cash by blocking jury trials for either way offences have been ridiculed as "disjointed and haphazard".

'Parochial' Scots defend interrogation of suspects without legal representation

Scots law has been undermined by the Supreme Court's decision to outlaw solicitor-free police interviews, according to first minister Alex Salmond.

APIL defends freedom to instruct lawyer

The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has called on the European Commission to ensure that the freedom to instruct a lawyer is “not just a catchphrase”.

Behind closed doors

While the proposed court closures will prove inconvenient for some, it is a small price to pay to prevent cuts to other legal services, says Gareth Evans