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Family business | We must not ignore the warnings about fixed fees

The dire situation in the residential property sector gives us a taste of things to come if we adopt this method elsewhere: quality will plummet and negligence claims and insurance premiums will escalate, argues Marilyn Stowe

Contingency fees must not become 'blot on the landscape'

New model should be 'spur to innovation'

New personal injury small claims limit would restrict claimant's rights

The latest consultation on the increase of the small claims limit reflects the government 'and insurance lobby's determination to limit claimants' rights to redress, says David Ellis

Legal aid bill heads for Royal Assent

'Hundreds of thousands' will lose out

The legal aid bill is a disaster for both clients and providers

The government will come to regret making such deep cuts to vital services, warns Carol Storer

Legal aid: the final reckoning

It ended in a draw. A tied vote on domestic violence in the House of Lords – ironically the area where ministers have given the most. The government has the casting vote. Baroness Scotland's amendment was lost, and with it the final attempt to change the legal aid bill.

Legal aid bill heads for Royal Assent

The legal aid bill could get Royal Assent as early as next week, after the two final attempts to amend it failed in the House of Lords last night.

Djanogly spares mesothelioma victims from Jackson reforms

Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly told the Commons yesterday that the government was prepared to spare mesothelioma cases from the Jackson report's ban on recoverability of success fees and insurance premiums.