All Government & politics articles – Page 115
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NewsCharities warn MoJ over impact of probate fee hike
Probate fee statutory instrument is set to come into force in April.
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NewsUpdate: Molly Russell family granted legal aid for inquest on appeal
Russell solicitor says lawyers should not have to represent families for free.
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NewsBrexit: Attorney General's legal advice deals blow to PM
Prime Minister claims to have secured ‘legally binding’ changes to the withdrawal agreement.
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NewsMortgage lenders worried about commonhold insolvency
Law Commission has been tasked with reviving the leasehold alternative to home ownership.
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NewsIT failure knocks out courts for second time in two months
HM Courts & Tribunals Service said it is experiencing problems with the Crown Court Digital Case System.
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NewsLord chancellor hits back at bar's Crown court concerns
Lord chancellor says case numbers and waiting times are falling.
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News'Must everything be smashed to bits?': Fury as judicial training days scrapped
Circuit events discontinued following Judicial College review.
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NewsSocial media not a major threat to criminal justice, says AGO
Attorney General's Office says public legal education could reduce the risk of trials collapsing.
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NewsMagistrates not consulted about knife ASBOs
Association says Home Office engagement would be helpful given its members will have to deal with the prevention orders.
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News'Unethical' use of NDAs prompts consultation on laws to protect victims
Minister warns that confidentiality clauses being used to intimidate victims and conceal harassment and discrimination
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NewsNo-deal would hobble fight against crime, Society warns in new Brexit guidance
Christina Blacklaws says the UK could end up relying on a treaty from the 1950s.
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NewsGrayling's disastrous probation sell-off will cost taxpayer extra £467m
Chris Grayling’s Ministry of Justice ‘set itself up to fail’ in reforming probation services, wasting at least £467m of taxpayers’ money. That is the verdict of public spending watchdog the National Audit Office, whose forensic analysis of the ’Transforming Rehabilitation’ initiative contains yet more damning criticism of how the department ...
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NewsCompensation boost for crime victims who lived with attacker
Ministry of Justice lays down statutory instrument to scrap 'same-roof' rule.
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NewsMoJ urged to 'march forward fast' as Labour strengthens legal aid commitment
Practitioners and MPs tell justice minister Lucy Frazer QC what they think about the LASPO review.
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News'We refuse to be silenced': MoJ urged to reconsider legal aid for inquests
Charity heads to parliament to make the case for automatic non-means tested public funding.
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NewsChild witnesses struggling to remember details after lengthy waits
Young people are being cross-examined after waiting as long as two years for case to get to court, children's charity says.
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OpinionDear HMCTS, tampons aren't dangerous
Court security officers may not place their hands inside visitors' bags but it's apparently OK to make lawyers feel humiliated.
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NewsCourt's fare evasion advice fuels online justice fears
London firm says client was told by court staff that the offence will not appear on a basic criminal record check.
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NewsWales loses 22 magistrates' courts in eight years
Lord Keen of Elie Source: Michael Cross Lord Keen of Elie at launch event Barclays Eagle Labs MInistry of Justice says lord chancellor was satisfied that effective justice could be maintained.
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NewsKnife ASBOs a 'knee jerk reaction', criminal defence firm says
Children as young as 12 who breach civil order could end up in prison.