Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7454

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is restructuring to prepare for the new regulatory regime, with the loss of 79 jobs.

High fines anticipated for corporate manslaughter after first conviction

Law Society sets out alternative to legal aid cuts

A multiple compensation claim by prisoners disenfranchised by the UK’s blanket ban on prisoners voting has been struck out by the high court.

Is the ban on law firms hiving off unreserved legal work through associated entities the regulatory breach in the profession’s defences that will enable those new entrants to storm a newly liberalised legal services market?

Peter Thompson QC fights the corner of a tried & trusted friend

Stephen Levinson assesses the government’s tribunal bandwagon

Gary Yan & Tom Phillips provide a cross-check on ring fencing assets

Lights out for excitement? Matthew Snarr reports on the risks of having fun

Michael Walsh revisits tenancy deposit schemes