The Bar

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12 Jan 2010

More blue sky thinking

In the second part of its 2010 forecast, Solicitors Journal picks out the areas likely to see some of the more significant changes, considering what practitioners should look out for in crime, local authority, private client and charity law this year

5 Jan 2010

Revised DNA proposals face further opposition

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has attacked the government's revised proposals on the retention of DNA records contained in the Crime and Security Bill.

22 Dec 2009

The deal is done on criminal legal aid

The government has decided to abandon best value tendering as a means of funding criminal legal aid, but is pressing on with cuts in duty solicitor and advocacy fees.

22 Dec 2009

Made to measure

Unless you can prove that non-compliance has caused a measurable increase in costs, it is unlikely that a costs order will be made or any penalty given, warns Francesca Kaye

22 Dec 2009

Blue sky thinking

Divorce, libel reform, discrimination law and legal aid are just a few of the areas likely to experience significant change in 2010. In the first of a two-part special, Solicitors Journal gazes into the crystal ball and picks out the ones to watch out for

22 Dec 2009

Each to their own

By proposing that barristers could set up partnerships, the Bar Standards Board has opened the door to fundamental changes to the way in which the Bar operates, but should chambers rush to embrace the new model, asks Richard Chapman

22 Dec 2009

Glass half full?

The Legal Services Act will provide new opportunities for the delivery of legal advice, but will it improve access to justice, asks James Sandbach

17 Dec 2009

Ministers abandon BVT

The MoJ has decided to abandon best value tendering for criminal legal aid. Pilot schemes in Manchester, Bristol and Somerset, due to start next year, will be scrapped.