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No retreat on legal aid cuts and Jackson reforms

The government is making few concessions on its legal aid cuts and implementation of the Jackson reforms, an advance copy of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill seen by Solicitors Journal has indicated.

Value of online conveyancing service jumps after AIM launch

In-Deed aims to dominate 'highly fragmented' market

Supreme Court refers TUPE case to ECJ

The Supreme Court has referred the Parkwood Leisure case on interpretation of the TUPE regulations to the ECJ for a preliminary ruling.

Update: RTA

Roger B Cooper reviews recent cases that demonstrate the high standard of care expected of motorists

Appeal judges end confusion over regional strategies

Developer Cala Homes has failed in a second attempt to overturn a planning statement from communities secretary Eric Pickles, requiring councils to take into account the government's commitment to abolish the regional planning strategies.

You say, we pay?

With the LSB failing to make an emphatic decision on referral fees, the debate is sure to drone on. But short of government intervention, what can be done? And does it matter anyway with ABSs hovering on the horizon? Lawyers on the frontline state their case

Pound stretchers

Rani Mina and Tom Duncan investigate a new costs management pilot scheme that is set to be rolled out in the autumn

Bar attacks LSB for failing to ban referral fees for advocates

The Bar Council has said it is “surprised and disappointed” that the LSB failed to ban referral fees.