The Bundle: Prisoners voting rights and big brand legal services

This week Neil Rose looks at the effects of big brand legal services on law firms and Joshua Rozenberg looks at the week in court and asks "Has the world gone mad?" . Meanwhile there is lots of reaction to the news that prisoners will receive the right to vote and anger at the decision to reverse abolition of costs for councils in child protection cases. Tell us what you liked, what you didn't or want to see in the comments or on Twitter This week's top UK stories • Why big brand legal services are bad news for solicitors • Prisoners to get the right to vote • Abused children 'at greater risk' after U-turn on court fees This week's top stories from around the world • Law firms bring non-executives on board ahead of legal changes • Iraqis take fight for 'torture' inquiry to high court • Ai Weiwei under house arrest This week's top comment, features and best of the blogs • Alex Aldridge: A starting legal salary of £50,000 is a fair price to pay • Jeffrey Golden: World financial markets need a world financial court • Jack Anderson: It'll be drug testers v lawyers at the 2012 London Olympics What you said: best comments from our readers • On Jeffrey Golden's article arguing the need for a world financial court , TwoSwords says Financial transaction aren't creatures of international law. They have a national governing law - usually its New York or English, followed by French. Or whatever else parties choose. • On Mark Tran's article about scrapping right to jury trial for minor offences , Davgrin says I find it a bit worrying that one of the first acts of this victims commissioner is to suggest the loss of a right which has existed in this country for centuries - the right to be tried by a jury of your peers. This right is fundamental to the way our justice system works and shouldn't be tampered with. • On Alan Travis reporting on Nick Clegg's struggle to avoid giving violent prisoners the right to vote , humptydumpty says This European ruling is absolutely right. People sent to prison are sufficiently deprived, by virtue of their incarceration, of free movement and participation in society. Prisoners should be encouraged to follow current affairs and to vote at elections. This is part of the process of learning about themselves and about the nature of society, and will help in the rehabilitation of prisoners that ultimately benefits everyone. Best of the web • Jailhouseblogger on the Jailhouselawyer's Blog writes about how Jailed MPs could be denied vote after latest European ruling • Jonathan H. Adler on the The Volokh Conspiracy asks Is It Rational to Bar Troopers from Practicing Law? • Adam Wagner on the UK Human Rights Blog comments on how Faith courts would do more harm than good