Archive

Criminal defence lawyers are the engine oil of the justice machine

Cuts will cause long-lasting damage to the system, argues Richard Hull

The legal sector needs one independent regulator for all providers

The current system is not delivering the outcomes consumers 'need and is a burden on legal professionals, says Liverpool 'solicitor Claire Banks

Peer makes fresh attempt at cohabitation rights bill

'We need reform, and this is a good starting point'

The SRA has six million files in storage

£4.4m storage costs from last 30 interventions could have been cut to £1.9m

Badge of honour?

The British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies should no longer be considered 'tax havens', according to UK prime minister David Cameron, but Fiona Le Poidevin wonders whether this will be the death knell for that label

Company law update

Debbie King reviews the requirement of carrying on of business for a partnership to exist at all, and the new rules on company directors' remuneration

Justice done, justice undone

A so-called efficiency trial at Richard Barr's ?new combined court turns out to be worse ?than Ted Heath's three-day week

Cold calling

Legal professionals don't like to think of their work as sales, but they can't afford to let too many clients 'cool off' either, says Sofia Tayton