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NewsStarmer vows to take on 'Nimbys' with JR curbs
Judicial review avenues would be restricted for people opposing major infrastructure projects.
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OpinionOpen justice online: Let’s give credit where credit is due
From the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal to the Rolls Building, technology is gradually opening up judicial proceedings.
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NewsPunish more offenders in the community, Society tells Gauke review
Chancery Lane says sentencing review provides golden opportunity to explore alternatives to custody.
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NewsIn depth: Journalists test scope of family court transparency initiative
The family court’s transparency drive is being tested as journalists seek to overturn an order restraining the identification of judges involved in proceedings relating to the murdered Sara Sharif.
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NewsMPs to probe county court work amid growing delays
Inquiry will address current delays in the county court, accessibility and judicial capacity.
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OpinionCompleting the speedy justice jigsaw
The sentencing review and the review of criminal courts are important pieces of the jigsaw. But a long-term funding settlement must go alongside reform.
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Feature25 things for solicitors to look out for in 2025
Post Office Inquiry's ramifications for professional ethics, M&A mania, a busy year in the Supreme Court and the Law Society's bicentenary.
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NewsLeveson seeks 'ambitious' evidence for criminal courts review
Former Queen's Bench Division president will report back to the lord chancellor with reform options this spring.
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NewsFamily court transparency push goes national
Change to the Family Procedure Rules and new practice directions mean journalists and legal bloggers will be able to report on cases in any family court.
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NewsNo 'silver bullet' for Crown court backlog, top mandarin warns
Permanent secretary tells MPs numbers will continue to rise without ‘significant’ additional reforms.
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NewsComplaints about courts service rocket
Figures have increased every year but one in the past decade, reaching a new record in 2023.
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NewsBroken boiler forces closure of city’s combined court building
Urgent works under way amid reports that cells are too cold to accommodate prisoners.
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NewsNorth Wales solicitor, 30, boosts duty population
Chloe Young urges aspiring lawyers interested in criminal defence to do work experience.
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NewsLatest SEND backlog ‘alarming’, says specialist solicitor
Pushing mediation may be one option for tackling rising backlog.
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NewsCourt interpreting: MoJ rebuffs peers' plea to halt procurement process
Justice minister tells Lords inquiry areas requiring improvement can be built into current retendering process.
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NewsFake 'Satoshi' gets suspended sentence for ‘flagrant’ contempt in bitcoin case
Dr Craig Wright appears in contempt hearing remotely, telling the judge only that he is ‘in Asia’.
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NewsCourt of Appeal to hear challenge to judges’ anonymity in Sara Sharif case
Journalists brought a challenge to anonymity order which prevents family judges being identified.
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NewsJustice committee: Lord chancellor pledges extra 2,000 court sitting days - as it happened
Shabana Mahmood makes her first appearance before MPs on the select committee as lord chancellor and justice secretary.
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NewsService on 'persons unknown' out of jurisdiction now requires hearing
The Honourable Mr Justice Nicklin made suggestion in GDPR case and it will now be the practice in Media and Communications List.
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NewsLawyers divided on 'intermediate courts' to cut Crown court backlog
Leveson review will explore new tier of court where cases will be dealt with by a judge sitting with magistrates.