The Bar

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11 Jul 2011

Update: estate planning

Helen Bryant considers the legal rights of testators' children, including cases on provision for an adult child, rectification and international estates

11 Jul 2011

In deep water

The high street is about to reach breaking point, warns Marilyn Stowe

4 Jul 2011

In check

Experts are not infallible - it is essential that defence lawyers provide them with as much information as possible to help them make the right decision, say David McCluskey and Miranda Ching

21 Jun 2011

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.

20 Jun 2011

The gloves are off

The only winner in the Hastings-Bass U-turn will be the tax man, argues Ruth Hughes

20 Jun 2011

You will go to the ball

Mediocre food, talking shop and terrible speeches – why are barristers so keen on work parties? Felix figures it out

6 Jun 2011

Fresh concerns over advocacy scheme

The conditional endorsement by the SRA board last week of the report by a joint expert group on the proposed quality assurance scheme for criminal advocates has fuelled fresh concerns over the risk of judge bias against solicitors.

1 Jun 2011

Advocacy group asked to rewrite new quality assurance scheme rules

The SRA board has asked the group of experts set up to design a quality advocacy assurance scheme for all criminal advocates to reconsider some of the rules amid concerns that judges carrying out advocate assessment could be biased against solicitors.