All Courts business articles – Page 33
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NewsHuman rights reform would leave former SC justice 'very confused'
Lord Carnwath says proposal to give domestic law priority consideration could cause uncertainty.
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News'We did not panic': minister hails progress on courts backlog
James Cartlidge MP says government expects to make significant steps during the next financial year.
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NewsDivorcee who showed ‘barefaced contempt’ for court faces jail
Former husband still owes £1m to his ex-wife and defied an order not to leave the country.
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NewsLet juniors conduct more advocacy, Commercial Court says
The Commercial Court ‘encourages oral advocacy to be undertaken by junior advocates’, it says in its latest guide.
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NewsLawyer’s extradition appeal error not attributable to client – Supreme Court
Distinction can be drawn between requested person’s actions and their lawyer on extradition appeals, Supreme Court rules.
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NewsKhan 'misappropriated money', SRA tells High Court
Sir Gerald Barling hears from regulator in Soophia Khan's intervention challenge before reserving judgment.
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NewsSRA 'elevated' technical issue into dishonesty suspicion, court hears
Soophia Khan is seeking an order requiring the regulator to withdraw an intervention into her Leicester practice.
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NewsCourt transfers judicial review case from London to Manchester
Judge rejects argument that defendant and its lawyer would incur costs travelling to Manchester and staying overnight.
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NewsMagistrates told to stay silent as lawyers mount 'disrespectful' attacks
National leadership magistrate discussed negative reaction to sentencing powers increase with lord chief justice.
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FeatureFines alone won’t ease divorce logjam
The more holistic and educational approach lawyers can offer, the more likely a client may consider mediation.
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News'Unwarranted hostility': Magistrates' chief fires back at critics
Bev Higgs says reaction to sentencing power increase 'disappointing' as government seeks to recruit 4,000 new magistrates.
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NewsRecord proportion of Crown court backlog outstanding after a year
Representative bodies say problem will get worse if government does not implement recommended 15% funding increase.
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NewsMagistrates to get power to impose one-year jail terms to cut backlog
Measure announced by lord chancellor Dominic Raab will free up an estimated 2,000 Crown court days annually.
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NewsSecond government cash boost for family mediation
Ministry of Justice announces further £1.2m of vouchers to keep family disputes away from court.
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NewsGovernment breached duty over solicitor-judge's disability struggles
Reading Employment Tribunal delivers judgment in case brought by Zorina Nadine Clarkson Palomares.
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NewsCourt of Appeal overturns 'Traveller injunctions' ruling
Courts can grant final injunctions against ‘newcomer’ Travellers and Gypsies who arrive after litigation has ended, the master of the rolls rules.
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NewsDays of our lives in crumbling courts
Society of Labour Lawyers produces 2022 calendar themed around 'crumbling criminal justice'.
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NewsSolicitor Soophia Khan jailed for contempt
Mr Justice Leech said Khan's conduct merited immediate custodial sentence of significant length.
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NewsKhan asks High Court to set aside SRA's deliver-up orders
Mr Justice Leech expected to deliver judgment in relation to set aside and committal applications today.
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OpinionColston statue acquittals show how important juries really are
Being tried by your peers is essential to democracy.