If home ownership is not for everyone, how realistic a fix for the chronically undersupplied housing market is a new focus on delivering affordable rental homes – can the private rented sector really help the housing crisis?

Just as the media frenzy surrounding Andrew Marr's confession that he took out a superinjunction to supress news of an extramarital affair died down, another storm erupted over a premiership footballer's injunction to supress reports of his alleged extramarital affair with a reality TV star.

The Bar Council’s Wellbeing at the Bar Working Group has announced a series of new wellbeing podcasts, which are the latest in its efforts to provide online resources that aim to support the wellbeing and mental health of barristers, chambers staff and those who aspire to join the Bar.

Can freedom of expression be used as a defence to copyright offences?

Insurance super firm Plexus Law has launched its own apprenticeship, which incorporates a government-backed scheme, with the first intake set to start in September 2013.

National firm Plexus Law has announced the first seven alumni of its apprenticeship scheme, all of whom have been offered permanent jobs at the firm.

Why do online businesses need to get up to speed with data protection laws?

This charity, based in Sierra Leone, seeks to alleviate poverty through education programmes.

The government’s announcement that it could place a time of limit of 28 days for suspects to be held on police bail has been welcomed by the Law Society.

Any government decision to impose further increases to civil court fees would result in far more money lost in tax revenues generated by legal work than would be raised by court fees, according to City solicitors and barristers. 

Government proposals to increase Asylum and Immigration Tribunal fees by more than 500% could constitute unlawful discrimination, the Law Society has warned.

Planning law regulates how property owners use and develop their property in the interests of the wider community.

Plans to stop McKenzie Friends from being able to recover fees from members of the public following successful court action have received the support of the Law Society and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.

Plans to reform barrister training could see solicitors and academics being exempted from doing a traditional pupillage, but the Bar Council has reacted with fury at the proposals.

Plan International is an international development charity working mostly with children to end child poverty.

Pinsent Masons has been named the UK’s most inclusive employer by LGBT-rights charity Stonewall, while Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) and Baker McKenzie are the other law firms to rank in the top 10 in Stonewall’s top 100 employers index for 2019.

UK top 50 firm Pinsent Masons has revealed its latest partner promotions, which have enabled the firm to meet its target of women making up at least 25% of its partners by 2018. 

International firm Pinsent Masons has expanded its training relationship with the University of Law to include programmes for its paralegals and legal apprentices.