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Scotland's Supreme Court panel to report before summer break

A “stellar cast” of four Scottish lawyers have been given less than one month to provide an interim review of Scotland's subscription to the Supreme Court.

Appeal judges end confusion over regional strategies

Developer Cala Homes has failed in a second attempt to overturn a planning statement from communities secretary Eric Pickles, requiring councils to take into account the government's commitment to abolish the regional planning strategies.

Fresh concerns over advocacy scheme

The conditional endorsement by the SRA board last week of the report by a joint expert group on the proposed quality assurance scheme for criminal advocates has fuelled fresh concerns over the risk of judge bias against solicitors.

Update: employment

Sue Ashtiany provides a whistlestop tour of the coalition's latest forays into employment law

Update: education

With big change afoot, Anita Chopra and Salima Mawji consider the education bill, the green paper on special educational needs and a High Court discussion of the contractual relationship between a law student and her university

Workshop: private client

THE RELUCTANT EXECUTOR: Lloyd Junor explains what to do if your executor goes AWOL

Lawyers' got talent?

In his countdown to the big bang, Stuart Bushell asks whether it is possible to preserve the impression of quality in a mass marketing age

Hit the road

DJ Julie Exton marks the first birthday of the RTA protocol