All Government & politics articles – Page 42
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Rwanda policy exposes asylum seekers to ‘significant risk of torture’, High Court hears
Challenge to Home Office’s controversial Rwanda policy begins at High Court.
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Criminal bar begins 'historic' strike
Barristers escalate action over legal aid funding on day new prime minister is announced.
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All-in. All out
Criminal barristers are fast becoming an endangered species. Either the government capitulates, or the bar appears doomed.
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Cleaning up after Raab and Braverman
What have the current justice secretary and attorney general achieved and what immediate challenges face their successors?
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Magistrates' court staff to strike for nine days this month
PCS union has also served notice of a second ballot of members over the Common Platform.
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Raab made 'direct request' for striking barristers' names, CBA claims
The MoJ says it is ‘categorically untrue’ that names were requested by Raab or department.
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ICO takes 17 months to reach Whitehall JR decision
Data regulator says disclosure of Home Office evidence could undermine 'safe space' needed to formulate government policy.
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Settlement close? Criminal bar chief delivers farewell message
Jo Sidhu QC hails 'turning point' as continuous strike over legal aid funding effectively begins today.
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Labour must stand shoulder to shoulder with the criminal bar
The justice system has been held together by the goodwill of those working in it for far too long.
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Conveyancer checklist to reduce lease application errors
HM Land Registry says surrender and regrants are complex and often misunderstood.
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Solicitors face three-hour round trip to stop Devon duty scheme collapsing
Legal Aid Agency seeks to bolster numbers covering Barnstaple but acknowledges travel will be an issue.
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More advocacy rights? Solicitors 'already stretched to breaking point'
Law Society says 15% fee uplift across the board still needed if government wants more lawyers in Crown court.
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Bar strike: More solicitors could be granted advocacy rights
Justice secretary Dominic Raab reportedly considering ways to let non-barristers represent clients in Crown court.
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Attack on bar strike is a smokescreen for courts energy crisis, says Labour
Shadow justice secretary says cost of heating and powering crumbling buildings has soared in the past five years.
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Criminal bar 'holding justice to ransom' - lord chancellor
Escalation of action over legal aid funding is 'needless and indefensible', Dominic Raab writes in the Daily Mail.
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Solicitors 'cannot strike but they'll continue to quit' over legal aid
Law Society says members are in the same boat as barristers and see no future in criminal defence work.
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Firms to make millions from Covid inquiry contracts
National firm Burges Salmon secures £9.8m contract with the Cabinet Office for Covid-19 inquiry.
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Lawyers for female Afghan judge in 'constant fear' file immigration appeal
London firm Kingsley Napley says government has moral duty to give judge and her son safe passage.
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All out: barristers vote overwhelmingly for full-blown strike
New prime minister will face criminal justice headache as court backlog set to get considerably worse.
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Legal Aid Agency rota demonstrates duty solicitor decline
Latest figures prompt Law Society to renew call for government to implement 15% fee increase across all areas of criminal legal aid.