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Has the time come for contingency fees?

Is it time to head straight for contingency fees without passing through the intermediary stage of fixed recoverable costs in non-personal injury work, asks Kerry Underwood

In discussion: Brexit

Last week, when it was reported that the Italian Supreme Court had essentially sanctioned the defence of necessity for an individual who stole food to stave off hunger, I held my breath waiting for the headline hysteria warning our nation of shop keepers to triple lock their sandwich cabinets because the 'Europeans' were authorising daylight foodstuff thievery.

Defendants in person, aliens, and the MoJ Jekyll and Hyde

The Secret Barrister: Injustice waddles hand-in-hand with a lack of legal representation

Let us not become the Trump card

The Queen's Speech did little to support the legal profession while the Human Rights Act dances with devil in limbo, writes John van der Luit-Drummond

Draconian law cheats Hillsborough families out of compensation

Urgent law review needed to reflect modern society, say lawyers

Supreme Court to hear expats EU-vote appeal

Lawyers say unlawful '15 year old rule' is a penalty against free movement rights

Brexit will severely damage insurance market, predict bosses

Insurers may divest EU business units to other worldwide insurance hubs

'Grandparental leave' will hit businesses with more red-tape, claims lawyer

Extension of shared parental leave to include grandparents will put pressure on businesses