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SRA appoints external complaints handling body

The Independent Complaint Resolution Service, the body set up to hear complaints against the Land Registry, has been appointed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority as its external complaint handling service.

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".

Consumer brands launch Tesco law prototype

Two of the high street's most well-known consumer brands have officially set up prototype alternative business structures to offer legal services direct to the public, Solicitors Journal can reveal.

Off kilter

Baffled by the fact Scotland has only just got done for denying its defendants legal representation in the police station? Dr Fiona Leverick explains all

Minor threat

One simple amendment to recent mental health legislation could transform the quality of patients' lives, but we must club together if we are to persuade the policitians, writes Laura Davidson

Rank and file

The new grading system for conveyancers could be a much-needed shot in the arm for an industry on its knees, hopes one of the scheme's architects, Jonathan Smithers

The name game

Budget cuts should encourage the Charity Commission to stop 'naming and shaming' charities and focus on cases where there is real evidence of financial abuse, argues Moira Protani

Clean slate

Are tablet devices going to be a game changer for lawyers in the same way smart phones have been? Damian Blackburn investigates