Issue: Vol 174, Issue 8089

The Law Commission has proposed an overhaul of the ‘out of date’, ‘inaccessible’ and ‘potentially unfair’ law on provision for disabled children

Criminal solicitors have been advised by their own professional body to consider quitting rather than ‘hanging on’ if they find criminal legal aid work financially unviable

A claim for non-payment of fees by a family silk and junior counsel instructed under the public access scheme has been unanimously dismissed by the Court of Appeal

The Law Society has published guidance for Black or minority ethnic students entering into the profession, to coincide with Black History Month

Criminal Bar Association (CBA) chair Mary Prior KC has called on the Ministry of Justice to publish a report on the state of criminal legal aid it ‘has been in possession of’ for two months

Family lawyers group Resolution has called for more support for victims of domestic abuse seeking to resolve their finances on divorce