The Bundle: royal prenups, the Magna Carta and legal aid reforms

It's been a big week for Guardian Law, as we unpick the government's proposals for reforming the legal aid system . We have annotated the green paper , looked at who gets what now, and how much and heard what Afua Hirsch , Jonathan Freedland , Julie Bishop and Steve Hynes and Nicholas Green had to say. Meanwhile, find out what Afua Hirsch was doing in a muddy field with Lord Chancellor Kenneth Clarke, the Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger, and Justice Minister Lord McNally. And we think the lord chief justice had obviously read last week's Bundle before he gave a speech this week on jury trials, where he warned that Twitter can put jury trials at risk . We've loved hearing your views on the legal aid reforms and how they will affect you. Please continue to tell us what you liked about our content, what you didn't or want to see in the comments and, of course, on Twitter . This week's top UK stories • MI5 officer escapes charges over Binyam Mohamed torture case • Phil Woolas launches court challenge to decision to strip him of his seat • Theresa May scraps legal requirement to reduce inequality This week's top stories from around the world • Guantánamo detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani cleared of 284 terror charges • British author jailed for contempt by Singapore court • US supreme court upholds 'don't ask, don't tell' ban on openly gay troops This week's top comment, features and best of the blogs • Elizabeth Mottershaw: Why it's time to incorporate the UN convention on the rights of the child into UK law • Neil Rose: Private civil litigation curbs: A last chance to reopen the debate? • Afua Hirsch: William and Kate – the prince, the princess and the prenups What you said: best comments from our readers • On Alex Aldridge's blog on City lawyers working pro bono , panpies says, Don't forget that pro bono work has a cost - it is just not a cost borne by the beneficiaries of it. Ultimately it is funded out of the legal fees of paying clients. And at this point it is worth noting that US law firms generally charge much higher fees than their UK equivalents. • On the annotated proposals for legal aid in family law , Hannaford says On exclusions, what has also been missed is that 80% of excluded children have special needs or are disabled. Autistic children, for instance, are much more likely to suffer exclusion. Their conduct under their own control? Their parents' fault? Mr Clarke and Mr Djanogly should be ashamed of themselves. They should apologise and get some disability awareness training. • On Neil Rose's article on the proposals for civil litigation costs reform , vastariner says Success fees and contingency fees are an affront to justice, they create a conflict between lawyer and client. But making a client pay costs insurance is surely no bad thing - it gives the client an interest in ensuring costs are at a minimum as well as weeding out the weakest cases. Best of the web • On the UK Human Rights blog , Adam Wagner pays tribute to BAILII • On the WSJ Law blog , Ashby Jones writes that compensation payouts to Guantánamo detainees would go down like a lead balloon in the US • At the Nation, Barbara Crossette, tells us why she thinks the Khmer Rouge tribunal is in jeopardy