Proposals to relax fingerprinting restrictions and allow police to question suspects until the time of their trial—even after charges have been made—have been attacked by lawyers and civil rights campaigners.
A substantial proportion of traditional smaller law firms will disappear over the next few years to make way for more efficient legal services providers, a leading legal academic predicts.
The House of Lords’ ruling that two men must pay living expenses for the time they spent in jail for crimes they did not commit “added insult to injury”, says the solicitor for the men.
Four out of 10 newly appointed judges are women, according to government statistics.
The government has been attacked by lawyers across the board for trying to suppress a report that criticises the swingeing reforms planned for legal aid.
Advertising restrictions on TV and radio adverts for online gambling sites, casinos and betting shops are to be lifted.
MPs ‘ill-considered’ plans for a new-look House of Lords will be such an attack on the recognised pre-eminence of the House of Commons that a constitutional system which has existed for more than 100 years will need to be overhauled, legal commentators say.
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