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Call for action on Syria

The stories of asylum seekers show the need for a more robust and humane response to the refugee crisis, and highlight the lacuna in the UK's immigration policies, writes Rachel Lau

A year of milestones

Junior commercial litigator Celina McGregor reflects on a busy 12 months for the profession

Restraint orders: Reasonable suspicion and reporting

Changes made by the Serious Crime Act are likely to cause more problems than they solve, ?write Rupert Bowers QC and Daniel Godden

Exhumation laws are anything but dead and buried

Robert Fookes considers the law on the exhumation of remains and the exceptions ?to the presumption that burial in consecrated ground is final

We will not be commoditised, says Bar chair-elect

Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC questions why the MoJ does not have a ringfenced budget

Law firm opts for BARCO escrow account despite pricing myths

BARCO director aims to put the record straight about account charges

End of the dock as we know it

The use of the dock in court has been questioned by campaigners seeking to implement alternative methods of trying a defendant, says Matthew Reynolds

Data breaches by solicitors and barristers increase by a third

Sensitive information held by law firms means any breach could warrant intervention by ICO, says lead policy officer