18 Jul 2017SRA relies on property websites' 'fictional' valuation to enforce £14,000 costs orderFormer solicitor fails to resist costs enforcement order despite claims of being worse off than when he was struck off
18 Jul 2017Vulnerable consumers need more cost options and 'jargon-free' legal servicesLSB research first step towards improving outcomes for people with mental health problems or dementia
17 Jul 2017NHS clinical negligence claims down but legal costs rise to £624mObstetric claims accounted for 50 per cent of new claims' total value
17 Jul 2017Will writing the Shoreditch way?Proposals to bring the law on wills into 21st century practice are long overdue, but an essential question has unfortunately been left outside the scope of the reform: access to legal advice, says Jean-Yves Gilg
14 Jul 2017Sir Ian Burnett named new Lord Chief JusticeFormer head of Temple Garden Chambers primed to oversee reforms to courts and justice system
13 Jul 2017Pre-Brexit EU rulings to have equal status with Supreme Court decisionsRepeal Bill provides partial answers to senior judge's concerns over interpretation
13 Jul 2017Law reform body proposes giving courts 'dispensing powers' in will disputesLaw Commission calls for overhaul of 1837 Wills Act in consultation paving the way for electronic and video wills
12 Jul 2017Ban on full-face veil in public 'proportionate' limitation on freedom of religionDomestic law-makers have wide discretion in matter of general policy but case shouldn't be seen as setting wider precedent, judges say