All Courts business articles – Page 3
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News
Phase out the word 'shoplifting', Lords committee tells Home Office
Home Office told perceived inadequate response to shop theft risks undermining public confidence in the criminal justice system.
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Opinion
Four stories of the criminal courts
David Pickup reviews Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC’s ’Rough Justice’.
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Family Court transparency pilot extends to magistrates cases
Extension coincides with start of 'family court reporting week', which seeks to highlight the value of more open justice.
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Lords committee to question MoJ on court interpreting contracts
Peers expected to ask about service delivery, data, quality assurance and complaints process.
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In depth: Court interpreters down tools again as Labour persists with outsourcing
The government has fuelled anger by tendering for new contracts. A Lords inquiry on translation services has further highlighted disquiet over low pay.
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Memory lane
'Climate justice' calls, video link appeals, electronic office technology and an all-graduate profession: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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Opinion
How do we fare comparatively in justice?
Statistics should be taken with a pinch of salt given the different backgrounds of countries surveyed in an evaluation on European judicial systems. Nevertheless, they provide some telling truths.
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Language services procurement sparks fresh court interpreting row
Interpreting body demands external review of outsourcing model as Lords inquiry gets underway with evidence from Law Society and Bar Council.
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Prisons crisis: Gauke to lead sentencing review
Law Society welcomes review but says entire criminal justice system needs to be properly funded for government's solution to work.
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Opinion
False economies
David Pickup reviews 'Over-Efficiency in the Lower Criminal Courts: Understanding a Key Problem and How to Fix it' by Shaun S Yates.
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Judge stops mother’s court action after children refused to see her
Estranged mother applied to see her children but judge said children’s wishes must come first.
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Renters' Rights Bill will cause court 'gridlock', warns Badenoch
Proposed housing legislation that will end section 21 'no fault' evictions had its second reading in the House of Commons.
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Judges behaving badly – again
There must, I suppose, be some sympathy for a judge or magistrate who has a very occasional outburst during a case – provided that they do not do it too often.
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Opinion
No time to lose on sentencing reform
There was only one new policy announcement in Shabana Mahmood’s party conference speech last week.
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Hack quits court reporting to get in on the action
Former court reporter Amy Rowley qualifies as a criminal lawyer.
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Restructure courts to tackle backlogs, urges former lord chancellor
Alex Chalk tells Conservative conference that Crown courts should deal with the most serious cases only.
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Focus on ECHR makes party 'look weird', Buckland tells Conservatives
Former lord chancellor and justice secretary calls on party to 'grow up' and focus on issues people really care about.
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The cold always bothers me anyway
A day at Wimbledon Magistrates Court is enough to give anyone the chills.
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Matters of life and Dr Death
It is a wonder how some ‘experts’ have ever been allowed to give evidence.