Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7271

Computer deficiencies, not justice, explain the decision to impose surcharges in magistrates' courts, says Paul Firth

A market study into personal current accounts has been launched by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) as part of its in-depth study into retail bank pricing announced by the OFT in March 2007.

The Priory Group, the specialist mental healthcare provider famous for treating pop stars and other celebrities, is now branching into stress management for the legal profession.

The presumption in law that cohabiting partners buying property in joint names have equal interests in it unless they declare otherwise can be overcome by evidence that their intentions were different, the House of Lords has ruled.

Justice ground to a halt at the Old Bailey this week as court staff joined about 270,000 civil servants in a national May Day strike.

Three dozen dinner ladies who claimed they were victimized by a local authority have had their equal pay claim upheld by the House of Lords.

Fee hikes for settlement applications and required tests for applicants will have a "disproportionate impact" on poor and excluded groups, a campaign group is warning.

The House of Lords was this week pondering whether or not the Human Rights Act 1998 should be applied in the case of an 83-year-old Alzheimer’s patient threatened with eviction from her private care home.

The government’s plans for legal aid were dealt a serious blow this week after they were savaged by an influential parliamentary committee.