All Government & politics articles – Page 29
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NewsGLD pay gap report reveals bonus divergence
Gender pay gap tilts marginally in favour of women but bonus pay gap tilts favourably towards men.
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NewsExtend tax break to legal firms - Law Society
Solicitors currently expected to miss out on three-year scheme to claim back tax on investment in equipment.
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News'National Legal Service' plan puts City levy back on the agenda
Proposed vision for legal aid would see highest earners and wealthy litigants pay extra to help fund new-look legal aid scheme.
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News'National Legal Service': solicitors propose new vision for legal aid
Blueprint unveiled at Legal Action Group event to mark 10th anniversary of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act.
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News'Legal limbo': Human rights chief steps into small boats bill row
Provisions of Illegal Migration Bill 'create clear and direct tension with well-established and fundamental human rights standards'.
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NewsConsultation begins on unifying Welsh tribunal system
Counsel general announces 'another step towards designing a coherent and high-performing justice system for Wales'.
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NewsTime is 'opportune' for new review of divorce law
Law Commission expected to conduct review of Matrimonial Causes Act - but potential reforms at least two years away.
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NewsA season is a long time in politics
The victims’ commissioner role has been vacant since Vera Baird KC’s tenure came to an end last September.
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FeatureSmall boats plan: how the government is breaking the law
Policy should be informed by a sound evidence base. Political rhetoric and knee jerk responses lead to deficient, expensive, problematic, and harmful results.
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NewsBudget ‘a missed opportunity’ for justice
Law Society condemns failure to invest in justice system.
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NewsRetraining on Law Society's budget wishlist
Chancery Lane calls for emergency injection of civil legal aid cash and new grant scheme to help law firms fund new technology.
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FeatureRape crisis
Stung by the accusation that rape has been ‘decriminalised’, the CPS is striving to expedite cases in the face of acute resource constraints.
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NewsMagistrates' sentencing powers scaled back
Government pauses measure that enabled magistrates to jail people for up to a year.
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NewsSQE added to routes for becoming a government lawyer
Government Legal Department will recruit its first cohort of SQE trainees this summer. They will join the department in 2025.
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NewsHigh Court ruling expected to widen scope of legal aid for parents
Public Law Project represented domestic abuse complainant whose child was not treated as part of her household.
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NewsSunak criticised for 'startling ignorance' over 'lefty lawyer' attack
Bar chief says prime minister's comments and Conservative party email betray ignorance of role of lawyers in society.
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NewsMoJ to revise 'outdated' thresholds for court fee remission scheme
Consultation paper says income thresholds are out of step with increased living costs.
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NewsCriminal bar losing patience over government delay
Absence of legislation to remunerate preparatory work 'breach of deal' that led to barristers suspending strike.
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NewsDozens of lawyers arrested and detained in Iran amid protests
Law Society urges Iranian authorities to uphold right to a fair trial and let lawyers do their job without intimidation.