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Clarke to announce whiplash curbs
The government will this week set out tougher measures in a bid to cut the number of whiplash claims.
Improving the odds: how to write a good pupillage application
Pupillage deadline is imminent. Pupil barrister Daniel Sokol's main advice is not to be dull
Deadline for pupillage applications is next week. Daniel Sokol offers tops on how to improve your odds Photograph: D. Boone/CORBIS
Wait for ABS is over: Tesco law is here
Alternative business structures will bring subtle, but significant changes in the way law is practised
Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly visiting the Co-operative Legal Services in Bristol, the first alternative business structure. Photograph: Co-Op Legal Services PR
Trainees face £2.60 an hour pay packet under SRA proposals
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced that trainee solicitors would be considered apprentices and only entitled to £2.60 per hour if the minimum salary is scrapped.
Tweeting about a bad day could lose you your job
Employees who tweet or update their Facebook status saying ‘I had a bad day at work’ could face losing their jobs, says a leading employment lawyer.
Tuition fees rise does not breach human rights, high court rules
Judges deny students claim but declare government failed to properly analyse equality issues
FA Premier League 0 Pub Landlord 2
The last ditch attempt by the FA Premier League to have the domestic court declare foreign decoders illegal has failed.
The secret of winning a place to study law
Many applicants hate the National Admissions Test for Law even more than interviews, but you don't need legal knowledge in order to tackle either
Dangerous, vindictive and unnecessary
Ken Clarke can already refuse victims compensation for violent crimes if they are of bad character.
Applying for a training contract? Read this first
When are corporate law firms looking for gags on the application form? Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian
Legal aid cuts: hitting the vulnerable
Ministry of Justice plans to replace law centres and advisers with telephone 'gateway' will decimate social welfare law, critics say
Hundreds of parents fined in Leicester truancy cases
A six-week parenting course is being offered to parents who are struggling to "control" their children
