All Civil justice articles – Page 42
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More court closures coming, lord chief justice tells MPs
Final appearance by retiring judge before justice select committee.
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‘Savile Row’ Brexit strategy wrong on justice, government warned
Plans for enforcing UK judgments in EU member states post-Brexit do not provide parties with sufficient certainty, the leading academic authority on private international law has warned.
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Thanks a bundle! 2,000 pages of 'largely irrelevant' trial papers infuriate judge
Litigants told they can expect cost penalties if lengthy bundles hold up the justice process.
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News focus: Making justice colour-blind
David Lammy’s review of BAME people in the criminal justice system lists urgent problems and achievable solutions. But is there the appetite – or money – for far-reaching reform?
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Delivering justice 'ever more difficult' - LCJ signs off after 'nine years of austerity'
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd says his final year has been the hardest - citing the impact of dilapidated courts, low judicial morale and delays.
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Insurers toast new discount rate plans
Rate will be based on ‘low risk’ investments and reviewed every three years, lord chancellor announces.
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Newcastle civic leaders in talks to host civil justice
Local authority's courts lease expected to generate income to fund front line services in the city.
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Opinion
Fruit from a poisoned tree: unlawfully obtained evidence
Courts of England and Wales are more flexible than many in admitting evidence obtained by computer hacking.
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Exclusive: FoI reveals flexible pilot courts running at only half capacity
Official figures raise fresh questions about the controversial tests due to start later this year.
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Brexit: Government wants continuing judicial relationship
New civil judicial cooperation framework will be 'aspect of the deep and special partnership with the EU'.
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The wait is over: LAA announces civil tender timetable
Relief over start date but government to press ahead with controversial plans for housing possession court duty schemes.
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Court examines 'tension' in rules on budgeting costs
Practicalities of detailed assessment of budgeted cases outlined.
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Ten-minute rule: Law firm's billing 'unusual', costs judge declares
Ten-minute units ‘uncommon’ in contentious work, with clients unlikely to recover such fees in full.
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Opinion
Relentless expansion of litigation funding
US funding market is still seen as offering plenty of headroom for growth.
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Feature
The laws the Grenfell Inquiry must tackle
The many difficulties the inquiry team will have to face in a regulatory minefield.
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Court rules on fixed costs for interim applications
Hope that decision would ‘stem the flow’ of challenges over fixed costs amounts.
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UK litigants only 28% of commercial court users
Annual survey shows commercial court as increasingly global as international competition hots up.
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Judge spearheading late-night courts confronts the critics
Fulford LJ insists no-one will have to work longer hours - and says the idea could ’fade into history’ if controversial pilots do not work.