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MoJ budget to be cut by 23 per cent

The MoJ's budget will be cut by 23 per cent over the next four years, the chancellor George Osborne told parliament today.

Prenups can be 'decisive', Supreme Court rules

Prenuptial agreements can be given “decisive weight” by the courts when dividing assets on divorce, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Supreme Court hears expenses appeal

An appeal by former Labour MPs Jim Devine, David Chaytor and Elliot Morley, charged with theft by false accounting in the wake of the expenses scandal, opened at the Supreme Court yesterday and continues today.

Dial 'M' for mediation

Is being immortalised in a client's fridge magnet a compliment? Our new columnist, the long-suffering divorce expert Marilyn Stowe, is not so sure

McLaw v the Supersizers

Is the future for law firms really as a franchise? Ailsa Dixon investigates

Under attack

Mark Ashley

Update: health and safety

The Young report promises to crack down on health and safety law, but does this area really need improving? Zahra Nanji investigates

Update: healthcare

Jonathan Hayden outlines what impact the new white paper will have on NHS legal advisers