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Government claims that the legal aid system has lost credibility with the public are rebutted by a survey published today showing that seven out of...

Petition for revocation – Obviousness Phil & Ted's Most Excellent Buggy Company Ltd v TFK Trends for Kids GMBH and others: Patents County Court: 8...

Infringement – Photograph Sheldon v Daybrook House Promotions Ltd: Patents County Court: 8 May 2013 The claimant, a professional photographer,...

The lord chief justice, the president of the Supreme Court, the master of the rolls, the attorney general and the director of public prosecutions...

Four out of five commercial disputes are capable of being resolved through fixed-priced mediation, according to a firm unveiling a two-tier service...

The largest of the six bar circuits has voted to boycott the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) – which the circuit leader vowed ‘will be...

Defendant appealing – Whether judge erring in admitting surveillance evidence at trial R v Turner: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division: 8 May 2013...

Partner culls, dropped practice areas, team moves, mergers, firms going bust – the lot of the equity partner is not always a happy one. When firms...

European Commission data protection plans are the biggest threat currently facing the UK economy, a senior Downing Street figure said this week. ...

The justice secretary has asked the Law Society and Bar Council to develop a quality standard for firms bidding for criminal legal aid contracts...

Arwa Al-Hujaili has become Saudi Arabia’s first female lawyer – but only after spending three years post-graduation petitioning the kingdom’s...

The High Court judge responsible for implementing the Jackson civil litigation reforms has made two speeches seeking to allay lawyers’ fears about...

A group of personal injury law firms has come together to create a paralegal apprenticeship, as financial pressures on the sector start to take...

Group actions could become possible under French law for the first time, under a plan presented to the government this month. Benoît Hamon...

Just a quick introduction.... We are Pandora-Investigations based in Warwickshire. I am a retired Police Officer and have spent the last two years...

The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that projected savings of £150m in fee cuts will not, as was expected, count towards required cuts of £220m a...

Access to justice is being tested by the ‘worst economic situation since world war II’, the president of the Athens bar told a pan-European...

Dedicated traffic courts will be established to deal with low-level road traffic offences and free up the courts to deal with more ‘serious and...

Solicitors are less likely to speak positively of the Solicitors Regulation Authority than they were a year ago, a Law Society survey has found. ...

Ernest Hemingway once said that in order to be a man you should do four things; fight a bull, father a son, plant a tree and write a novel. I sort of...

A multi-service Midlands firm has used its new alternative business structure licence to issue a direct appeal to insurers to come on board with a...

Experts whose evidence is ‘not up to scratch’ will be driven out of the family courts by reforms announced today by the Ministry of Justice. It...

The Law Society is inviting legal professionals from across England and Wales to enter the Excellence Awards 2013.   Now in its seventh year, and...

Robert Jay QC (pictured), leading counsel in the Leveson inquiry into press standards, is among three new High Court judges appointed last week. The...

I get to see a wide range of solicitors’ marketing plans ranging from the weighty dissertation to the single sheet. read more More...

Groundbreaking research on juries has revealed that most jurors feel they are not given enough guidance on conducting deliberations, while almost a...

Personal injury law firms are continuing to pay referral fees for cases weeks after the ban came into force, a leading insurer has alleged. David...