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Solicitor fined £5k over 'flirtatious' texts to client

Solicitor who faked documents for self-preservation struck off

Direct access barrister 'no substitute’ for solicitor – judge

ECJ planning to assume more powers, says Gove

Courts fear a digital future

European arrest warrant ruling 'extra tool’ for extradition lawyers

JAC seeks mock candidates for the bench

Capita hits courtroom interpreting target – at last

Ex-solicitor fined for posing as HMRC officer

'Urgent need’ for data on unrepresented defendants

Government defeated over legal aid residence test

Legal aid cuts creating new advice 'deserts’

Fees shortfall helped create £427m black hole – MoJ chief

Adapting to technological change

Reforms will leave clients vulnerable to rogue McKenzie friends – APIL

Scope of new tax evasion offence 'compliance nightmare’

Supreme Court hears legal aid residence test challenge

MoJ imposes 'service credits’ on Capita for missing target

Defence solicitors to lead digital case development

Jailed solicitor struck off for 'taking advantage’ of vulnerable clients

ABSs 'haven’t worked’ and it’s our fault – SRA chief

Snoopers’ charter: lawyers unite to fight for privilege

Human rights

Chambers model questioned as commercial sets merge

Courts could be hit by more strikes

Briscoe disbarred for role in Huhne speeding points scandal

Claimants defeated in first 'fundamental dishonesty’ trial

Boffins offer primers for courtroom science

Miscarriage compensation fight goes to Supreme Court

SRA shuts down five firms in the space of a week

Gove's reforms 'not getting through' Number 10

Lords committee rebuffs curb on powers

Metamorph Law ready to begin acquisition assault

Tribunal reinstates £15k costs order after subject buys house

£300k budget cut for super-regulator

Defendants are not covered by moratorium

Government changes domestic violence evidence requirement

Judges may defer European warrants if prison conditions 'inhumane'

Susskind: online court is just the beginning

Renewed uncertainty over court interpreting

Former Sidley Austin partner charged over tax scheme

Anti-bribery plan rapped

LAA acts after firm’s withdrawal leaves legal aid gap in Hull

SRA seeks answers from firms linked to Panama Papers

Bar awareness training

Fixed-fee firms offering cheaper service, LSB finds

Tribunal strikes off 'abhorrent' overcharging solicitor

Conviction of juror for contempt foreseeable

Commercial pressures could lower quality, bar regulator warns

Cyber-criminals alarm insurers as law firms lose £85m

Lifting the corporate veil in criminal cases

Co-op Legal back in profit, quits legal aid