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Measuring up

As French practitioners brace themselves for legal aid reform, Geraldine George considers how their system compares with ours

More unequal than others

Lawyers behind the Commission of Inquiry into Legal Aid were well aware of the accusations of bias likely to be levied against them. As leftfield organisations opposing the legal aid budget cuts the Young Legal Aid Lawyers and the Haldane Society expected to be criticised for trying to pass off their inquiry as a piece of independent research.

French delicacy

Wondering who's been turning the European wheels of justice recently? Hamsters, mainly. Paul Stanley QC reports

Custody for juror internet misuse 'virtually inevitable'

A juror and a defendant were both in contempt of court for exchanging information about a trial via Facebook, the Lord Chief Justice has found in the latest case of jury tampering by social media.

No concessions in legal aid bill

The government is expected to make no concessions in its legal aid bill.

Further legal aid cuts ruled out as bill put on ice

Ken Clarke has vowed not to plunder the legal aid budget any further in light of the sentencing reform shambles.

Twitterati not beyond reach of the law, AG repeats

Twitter users have been reminded they were not immune from suit if they used the micro-blogging website for breaking court orders.

Scotland's Supreme Court panel to report before summer break

A “stellar cast” of four Scottish lawyers have been given less than one month to provide an interim review of Scotland's subscription to the Supreme Court.