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Belt tightening

As penniless politicians become increasingly hostile to trusts, tax planners are facing tough times ahead, say Rosamond McDowell and Ceri Norman-Short

Lord Young facebooked in bid to ban claims management companies

Lord Young, whose report on compensation culture is expected on 15 October, has been facebooked by a prominent personal injury lawyer over advertising for personal injury work.

A higher power

The Pope's whirlwind tour of Britain has left monumental legal questions in its wake, writes Fudia Smartt

Sharp rise in cost of criminal courts despite cuts and redundancies

The cost of the magistrates' and Crown Courts has risen sharply despite widespread redundancies and millions of pounds in efficiency savings.

Advocates remember the 'greatest jurist of our time'

Lawyers have reacted with sadness to the death this weekend of Lord Bingham, described today by Lord Hope, the deputy president of the Supreme Court, as the "greatest jurist of our time".

Boundary dispute edges towards Supreme Court

The dispute opposing two neighbours over the boundary line separating their properties could be heard by the Supreme Court, Solicitors Journal has learned.

DPP backs 'second degree murder' charge

Keir Starmer QC, the DPP, has said he backs the introduction of a US-style second degree murder charge.

Seismic shift

With Jackson LJ's shake-up of civil litigation costs looming large on the horizon, a new legal landscape beckons, writes Martin Farber