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Lawyer of the week: Jason Coppel, QC

Wait for Legal Aid Agency decision no excuse for delay

Call for level playing field over legal aid 'goodwill gesture’

Solicitors set for new guidance on complaints

Solicitors’ opinions wanted on client accounts

Law chief defends FoI requests veto

Law Society issues guidance on new CPD scheme

Judges 'not always best placed’ to decide public interest

Vara rejects Dyson’s description of 'desperate’ fees research

Appeal court backs CFA without legal aid 'burial certificate’

British bill of rights to protect troops

Granting anonymity orders

Bar urges CMA to include advocacy in legal review

Kingston police thank civilian for tripping up man in on-foot chase

SFO investigating 'tiny fraction' of tip offs, says City firm

Crown court breached open justice with note-taking ban

Appeal court rejects dishonesty finding against solicitors

Courts may sit in universities and town halls

LAA extends legal aid contract eligibility

Corbyn calls for civil legal aid review

Drink-drive limit facing first cut in a generation

A 'jewel beyond price’ — so unlock magistrates’ potential

Police leave businessman on bail for six years

Solicitors overcharging clients for barristers’ work, bar claims

Barrister suspended for harassment conviction

Watchdog proposes sentence reduction for criminals to plead guilty

Court closures can ease stress of justice, says charity

Solicitor struck off for telling client to leave UK before arrest

One-third of trainees paid below Society minimum

LSB demands transparency around PC fees setting

SQE could place solicitors at disadvantage to bar, academic warns

Accountants’ body applies to regulate all reserved legal activities

Four solicitors face fraud charges

US bar sets 10-point checklist for non-lawyer ownership

Spies win the right to hack smartphones of suspects

Breaking: MoJ confirms 86 out of 91 threatened courts will close

SRA’s trust exercise 'far removed’ from our world, say City lawyers

LSB not opposed to full-scale legal market probe

Will fixed costs hinder access to justice?

Law firms’ preferred universities

We need to dispel some of the myths about rape cases

£15.5m penalties for PII that put 1,300 law firms at risk

Speculative prosecution undermines a tragedy

Lay your complaints record bare, says legal watchdog

Muslim prison chaplain pay fair

'Flash crash’ trader faces extradition court today

It’s time to have an independent body to police solicitors

Solicitor jailed for helping drug-dealer clients appeals conviction

Open justice in action at UK Supreme Court

MoJ in spotlight as government plans to cull 75% of offices

Blavo & Co details emerge in High Court judgment

Insurer pulls out of PII market citing dangers of cybercrime