All Courts business articles – Page 32
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News'Shambolic': family lawyers told divorce service will close soon
Practitioners worried that transition to new system will leave couples unable to officially split up.
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NewsNightingale courts bill up to £34m, justice minister reveals
The Ministry of Justice will provide an update on future use of Nightingale courts ‘in due course’, James Cartlidge says.
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NewsTodner issues JR proceedings over SRA prosecution
Criminal defence solicitor is challenging disciplinary tribunal's decision not to stay proceedings on abuse of process grounds.
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OpinionOur criminal justice system needs major surgery, not a band aid
Recent government initiatives are just more knee-jerk, low-cost solutions to a much bigger problem.
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NewsPeers to run the rule over government’s JR reforms
The Judicial Review and Courts Bill faces amendments from opposition parties and leading lawyers in the House of Lords.
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NewsHigh Court makes promptness reminder in benefits uplift ruling
Mr Justice Swift says lateness of challenge to government decision on universal credit might have significantly influenced outcome.
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OpinionThe dangers of rushing to comment on a judgment
Lawyers and PRs will have read the Matrix judgment with a sense of relief it wasn't them.
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NewsStorm Eunice: court users may experience 'some disruption'
HM Courts & Tribunals Service says it has been working with the judiciary to review court and tribunal lists.
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NewsJailed Khan loses appeal against 'manifestly excessive' sentence
Soophia Khan appeared via video-link from prison to watch Court of Appeal hearing.
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News'Step in right direction': Freshfields solicitor appointed to highest bench in Bahrain
Amani Khalifa hopes her new role will inspire next generation of women lawyers.
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NewsMatrix offers ‘unreserved apology’ for breaching judgment embargo
Sir Geoffrey Vos warns that ‘in future those who break embargoes can expect to find themselves the subject of contempt proceedings’.
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NewsMoJ lays bare full extent of court closures
List of courts and tribunals closed since 2010 published as minister details judicial drive to clear backlog.
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NewsCriminal barristers to be balloted on legal aid action
Dominic Raab signalled last week that he would not rush response on reforms.
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NewsCriminal barristers welcome remote hearings guidance
Lord chief justice says Crown court hearings should be remote ‘where it is lawful and in the interests of justice to do so’.
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NewsCourts service picks new chief from within the tent
Long-serving Ministry of Justice official Nick Goodwin will take over from acting chief executive Kevin Sadler next month.
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NewsMcFarlane clarifies family court attendance requirement
First hearing notice for applications in the Royal Courts of Justice will be listed as an attended hearing.
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OpinionLetters roundup: 11 February 2022
Functioning courts for mediation, a more representative judiciary, and remembering a Holocaust childhood: your letters to the editor.
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News'This is a lie': Criminal bar accuses Raab over legal aid demand
Lord chancellor had said government was bound by public law obligations and strike action would be irresponsible.
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NewsFamily solicitor embarks on menopause campaign
Farhana Shahzady wants divorce settlements to reflect the challenges that women may face.
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NewsAppeal judges throw out case after appellant fails to turn up
Political campaign group submitted 'high quality' skeleton argument but was not present for hearing.