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Update: wills and probate

The last few months have produced contrasting decisions about the court's power to remove executors, a reappraisal of the criteria of testamentary capacity and a...

New faces

It is a fine excitement, election time. Because of the exigencies of a tough trial I missed most of it, but was found crouching in...

£325m MoJ cuts target prison building

The £325m of cuts in the MoJ's budget announced by chancellor George Osborne this morning will target prison building, it has emerged.

Stand and deliver

Bold reforms to the way the LSC delivers its services are inevitable and overdue, says Richard Collins, who predicts the legal aid budget will be...

The jury's out

Abolishing juries in defamation cases would not only keep costs down for both sides, but would also open up the verdicts to scrutiny, says William...

Seats of power

The coalition government has put constitutional reform and the protection of civil liberties right at the heart of the parliamentary agenda. Seamus Burns explains the...

Heavy duty

A recent case brought against a health authority for failing in its duty to protect a vulnerable detained patient opens new possibilities for families who...

Coalition government unveils civil liberties, crime and legal aid reform

Radical reforms of the criminal justice system and a review of legal aid are two of the main planks of the coalition government's programme, alongside...