Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7475

Davenport Lyons has appointed two new partners Abesh Choudhury and Nicholas Yapp to its corporate and dispute resolution teams.

Douglas Close has left the Bar to join Mourant Ozannes as global head of a new international private client practice, encompassing both contentious and non-contentious trust and private client work.

The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) has welcomed Susan Silver as its 48th president and celebrates a 50/50 split of men and women on its council for the first time.

Legal ombudsman advises against unregulated services

The family courts need to prepare themselves for a deluge of litigants in person, MPs have warned

Secret evidence ruled out in Guantanamo claim

The judiciary is failing to attract solicitors to its ranks, according to the Judicial Appointments Commission

The Law Commission is to review the law of contempt to take into account use of online technologies

The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge has paid tribute to judicial independence as scandal embroils press, politicians and police

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched an investigation into websites that charge people for government services where those services are available directly from government at no cost or for a lower fee