Ian Lawless who had his murder conviction quashed in 2009 is set to have the refusal of the Secretary of State for Justice to pay him compensation reviewed by the High Court as a lead case in a series of conjoined reviews including the case of Barry George amongst the 5 selected.
HSBC and the Law Society have announced that an agreement has been reached to expand its conveyancing panel. They had substantially restricted their panel to around 50 firms connected to HSBC which was likely to lead to a serious lack of consumer choice.
