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Nine out of 10 lawyers save more than £250 a month regularly

Lawyers are sensible savers but need to be smarter to fulfil their ambitions

CPS North East failing to get cases in magistrates' courts to trial

HMCPSI concludes the area faces considerable challenges, against a backdrop of reducing resources, if it is to reverse the decline in performance

Supreme Court dismisses QASA appeal to protect the public

Disappointed criminal barristers make new law but ultimately lose out in decision over quality scheme for advocacy

Lord Chancellor: Leading law firms must do more pro bono

The UK legal market has made a large number of organisations, and individuals very successful, says Gove

Chair of the Criminal Bar: Action on two-tier contracts would serve no purpose

'We can fight the solicitors' battle for them,' says Tony Cross QC

Criminal legal aid lawyers work for just £1.50 per hour

Legal aid lawyers earning less on successful defences than would be allowed under the London Living Wage scheme

Solicitors lash out: The Criminal Bar Association 'no longer holds views of its members'

LCCSA and CLSA aim to bypass criminal Bar and deal directly with the junior barristers over industrial action

Newton's third law

I for one welcome our new H4S lawyers and Lesco Law overlords