All Government & politics articles – Page 38
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NewsComeback special
The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP is certainly not the first lord chancellor to get more than one wear out of his swearing-in robes.
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NewsDigital portal to be compulsory for financial remedy services
HM Courts & Tribunals Service says 80% of applications are already processed digitally.
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NewsRaab's return fuels legal aid funding fears
Ministry of Justice is due to publish full response to Bellamy review next month.
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NewsRaab in his own words
Raab was lord chancellor for the year to September 2022. He will face a familiar in-tray.
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NewsRaab back as Lewis sacked as lord chancellor
Victoria Prentis MP, called to the bar in 1995, is appointed attorney general.
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NewsCommon Platform strike causes court chaos
Manchester reportedly had only four courts sitting, dozens of prisoners were in custody and several cases were adjourned.
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News'Enablers' in spotlight as economic crime bill takes next step
All-party group calls for anyone assisting 'avoiders and evaders' to face the 'full force of the law'.
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NewsNew PM - and yet another new lord chancellor?
Brandon Lewis backed Liz Truss in the last Conservative party leadership contest.
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OpinionEmergency State: How We Lost Our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why it Matters
Emergency State: How We Lost Our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why it Matters | Adam Wagner
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OpinionHunt for efficiencies
Is the UK morphing, as some now contend, from being a developed to a developing economy?
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OpinionWhen judges should keep their own counsel
Judges are free to comment as they see fit when speaking from the bench. But what should they say extra-judicially – when they are not in court?
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FeatureNot in my backyard
Reform of planning law is a sensitive area – especially for Conservative voters – but it is also essential to the government’s growth ambitions. Rachel Rothwell reports on a suite of looming reforms.
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NewsImmigration trainer defends contract after Braverman orders review
Two of the directors are members of chambers that challenged Home Office's Rwanda removals policy.
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NewsConstruction of London mega-court begins
Justice secretary Brandon Lewis says development 'represents vision of how justice will work in future'.
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NewsSolicitors will benefit from legal aid reforms, Lewis insists
Lord chancellor defiant after being grilled by opposition MPs on solicitors' fees.
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NewsLegal services exemption in 'foreign agents' clampdown
Foreign Influence Registration Scheme to be set up under National Security Bill.
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NewsLegal aid eligibility to be widened for people 'at risk' - eventually
Secondary legislation laid to introduce extra support for domestic abuse victims and tenants facing eviction.
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NewsMPs call for specialised economic crime courts
Justice committee also backs creation of 'failure to prevent' offence.
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NewsCrack cases quicker to reduce backlog, senior presiding judge suggests
Lord Justice Edis suggests that cases with likely guilty pleas could be brought forward by the listing officer and dealt with in one go.
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NewsMPs clamour to toughen new economic crime bill
Law Society repeats its concerns about new unlimited fining power for the SRA.