In brief: Belling judicial review case dropped

An attempt to judicially review the Law Society over two rejections of a compensation claim by members of the pension scheme of crashed company Belling was dropped by trustee Law Debenture Trust after leave to appeal had been granted. The Law Society has agreed to reconsider the claim on 8 March. Sole practitioner Charles Deacon of CJ Deacon & Co is awaiting trial on charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office in connection with the Belling case.