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Update: local government

Peter Hill reviews a ruling allowing councils to combine their services, a challenge to the proposed reduction of funding for the BSF programme, and the deluge of new legislation set to radically change the shape of local government

Withdrawal symptoms

Andrew Parker investigates the right to withdraw a part 36 offer

Benefit cheats

As the public benefit test debate rages on in the High Court, Robert Nieri looks ahead to what the judicial review could mean in practice

Update: education

Salima Mawji reviews recent changes to fees in further and higher education, the increase in challenges brought by students and the schools white paper 2010

Solicitor jailed for encouraging client to intimidate witness

A solicitor has been jailed for 16 months for encouraging a defendant to intimidate a witness waiting to give evidence.

And they're off!

As LeO beds down, chief ombudsman Adam Sampson gives us the inside scoop on what went on at the business end of the phone lines

Legal aid funding reform threat to solicitors' charity

The government's proposals for alternative sources of funding for legal aid could result in hundreds of destitute lawyers being deprived of support, the leading charity caring for solicitors has said.

Brick by brick

Mark Warwick and Paul De La Piquerie reminisce about some of 2010's juiciest commercial property disputes