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Trafigura costs bill to proceed to detailed assessment

Biggest ever conditional fee agreement bill cut by 40 per cent

Solicitors back Supreme Court's rejection of immigration rule

Age limit 'about immigration, not about forced marriages'

Hitting a wall

Councils trying to evict tenants for rioting and looting will come up against many hurdles, says Alec Samuels

Supreme Court overturns immigration age limit

The Supreme Court has this morning overturned an immigration rule banning the entry of foreign spouses from non-EU countries who are under the age of 21.

Court of Appeal upholds decision to cut Leigh Day's Trafigura costs bill

The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision by senior costs judge Master Hurst to reduce Leigh Day's £105m bill in the case against Trafigura by more than 40 per cent.

Update: local government

Peter Hill considers developments in the localism bill, complications with academy conversions, the recommendations of the Dilnot report and potential changes to planning law

Save our Plenet

The Public Legal Education Network opened up a world of alternatives for people unable to afford legal services, so why - with some many advice centres closing – aren't the government and the profession taking it more seriously, asks Jon Robins

SRA not abandoning small firms

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is not abandoning smaller firms or trying to drive them out of the market, the regulator's chief executive has said.