All Courts business articles – Page 120
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FeatureFamily law: offsetting pensions
A considered overview of offsetting pensions in financial remedy orders helps fill a gap where there is precious little guidance.
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News‘Campaigning’ McKenzie friends avoid £2,000 cost order
Claimant ordered to pay costs after two helpers went beyond their remit in immigration case.
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NewsMoJ to spend £400k on London alcohol tags
Scheme to combat alcohol-related crime to be extended in the capital following 18-month pilot.
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NewsSupreme Court to hear two challenges on access to justice
Employment tribunal fees and legal aid residence test subject of appeals.
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NewsImmigration judges leave in droves as caseload piles up
Outstanding caseload in the immigration and asylum chamber grew from 43,643 in June 2014 to 52,991 last summer.
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NewsSupreme Court rejects ‘illogical’ precedent on death payments
Court finds calculating damages from the date of death meant the claimant suffered a discount.
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NewsJudge lodges sole complaint about court closure process
Ministry of Justice has admitted to several errors in its original consultation document.
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FeatureKeeping the record straight
We consider how a solicitor can be added to and removed from the court record.
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NewsSupreme Court ruling sought on extent of LPP
At issue is whether steps to isolate material potentially subject to legal professional privilege should be carried out in-house or by independent technical experts.
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NewsCourt staff suspended over warrant errors
Michael Gove tells MPs that dozens of community penalty breach warrants were processed incorrectly.
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NewsMoJ probes new ways of raising cash from offenders
Review of financial impositions follows abolition of criminal courts charge in December.
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NewsLegal aid firm told to repay £800,000
High Court backs lord chancellor's claim to recoup payments on account.
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NewsProbate fees soar to £20k to fund courts
MoJ accused of 'stealing money from grannies' properties' with 129-fold rise in maximum fee.
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NewsCourt rules domestic violence legal aid time limit invalid
Rule requiring two-year time limit for providing some forms of evidence declared invalid.
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NewsJoint enterprise principle ‘wrongly interpreted’ – Supreme Court
Lawyers welcome Supreme Court ruling that could allow many convicted of murder under the doctrine to appeal their convictions.
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NewsLawyers press for cohabitation law update after court battle
A woman has won the battle to stop her deceased partner's share of home passing to his estranged wife.
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NewsLandmark ruling on predictive coding in disclosure
Judgment could create a new standard for automating document review process.
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NewsImmigration lawyers fail with challenge to secret evidence
Association claimed rule on undisclosed evidence was unfair, but nevertheless welcomes ‘helpful clarification’.
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FeatureWithout prejudice privilege
The application of the privilege came into question in a recent Court of Appeal case.
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OpinionTime to act on cohabitants
The law relating to unmarried couples is overdue for reform – whatever their sexuality.