Blogs & opinions

Fine tuning
Inspectorate's report on fiscal fines answers some but not all questions

Shutting the stable door
Proposed financial services supervision is partial restoration of common sense

Staff have needs too
Legal firms are adopting pragmatic responses to the present economic difficulties, but these should focus as much on the needs of staff as on the structure of the business

Choosing the ground
Any review of solicitor advocates and rights of audience has to be seen to be impartial

Plenty of meat in this one
Criminal Justice and Licensing Bill gives Holyrood something to chew over

Claiming from the needy
How much should the Government be able to reclaim when benefit errors are made?