All Government & politics articles – Page 25
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NewsUK and Japan to share justice expertise
Agreement signed in Tokyo 'signals a mutual desire to strengthen cooperation between legal services sectors'.
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NewsNational Audit Office to review legal aid sustainability
Public spending watchdog wants to see what progress government has made since its 2014 report.
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NewsSupreme Court could play part in MP inductions
Lord Reed reveals initiative to counter impression that UK and US institutions are equivalents.
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NewsNews focus: Early advice pilot was a missed opportunity
A Ministry of Justice scheme promoting early social welfare advice in Manchester and Middlesbrough has received bad reviews from practitioners, who claim it was deeply flawed from the outset.
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NewsWhistleblowing judge elected GMB branch president
Trade union says it will now reach out to ministers, court service and senior judiciary to forge constructive working relationships.
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NewsEx-legal chief’s unsolicited advice
High on Sir Jonathan Jones' agenda was ‘corrosive’ language.
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NewsGovernment is handing competition regulator a blank cheque, thinktank warns
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill would give CMA 'quasi-legislative' powers to intervene in almost any market.
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NewsMPs criticise HMCTS for 'burning through' £1.3bn court reform budget
Damning report from public accounts committee reveals only £120m left but programme nowhere near complete.
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NewsRetired judges 'should get a practising certificate' before returning - report
Academic report suggests post-retirement legal services work should be regulated.
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NewsLegal aid firm to 'wind down operations' after 24 years
Founder Nicola Mackintosh says low rates, rising overheads and government bureaucracy have made recruitment and retention impossible.
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NewsRwanda row: government defeated in Court of Appeal
Lord chief justice says removal of asylum seekers to Rwanda will be unlawful unless deficiencies in asylum process are corrected.
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NewsLawyers should never again be dubbed ‘woke’, warns former Treasury Solicitor
Sir Jonathan Jones was offering ‘unsolicited advice’ to present or future governments on the rule of law.
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NewsRaab's Bill of Rights officially killed off
Justice secretary drops confirmation into justice questions response.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency speeds up billing process
Defence solicitors no longer have to wait until a case ends to submit claim for police station work.
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NewsAn unsuitable job for a member?
Labour MP kicks up a Twitter storm after sniping at Tory parliamentary candidate who works for magic circle firm.
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NewsLegal aid data reveals plummeting spend on housing disrepair
Solicitors says tenants' access to justice has been curtailed by changes to what was previously a 'cost neutral' scheme.
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NewsParliament must not become 'yes man', former top judge warns
Baroness Butler-Sloss tells podcast she has noticed 'distinct creep' to move away from parliamentary scrutiny.
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NewsSociety secures JR permission over criminal legal aid fees
Chancery Lane urges new lord chancellor Alex Chalk to settle dispute away from court.
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NewsDeprivation of liberty safeguards reform delayed
Care minister says liberty protection safeguards implementation will be matter 'for a future government'.
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NewsAccess to justice 'should be every lord chancellor's mission', says Chalk
Legal aid barrister 'spending a little time in politics' promises parliamentarians that he will do his best.