All Government & politics articles – Page 60
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News'Almost unendurable': rape case delayed 21 times
Inspectors say cases should not be listed on the basis that they may be adjourned again.
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NewsNews focus: Lords verdict -JR reform is out of order
Far from putting ‘remedial tools into the judicial toolbox’, the Judicial Review and Courts Bill is under attack from peers for ‘tilting the playing field’ against those seeking to hold public authorities to account.
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News'Shambolic': family lawyers told divorce service will close soon
Practitioners worried that transition to new system will leave couples unable to officially split up.
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NewsFixed costs: Housing specialists gather evidence on legal aid consequences
Housing Law Practitioners Association says new regime poses significant threat to provision of quality advice, assistance and representation.
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NewsCBA prepares to issue ballot papers on legal aid action
Jo Sidhu QC says barristers and solicitors cannot afford to wait until 2024 for an increase in fees.
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NewsNightingale courts bill up to £34m, justice minister reveals
The Ministry of Justice will provide an update on future use of Nightingale courts ‘in due course’, James Cartlidge says.
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NewsPeers to run the rule over government’s JR reforms
The Judicial Review and Courts Bill faces amendments from opposition parties and leading lawyers in the House of Lords.
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NewsKeep EU law or face ‘unpredictable consequences’, former GLD chief warns
Sir Jonathan Jones tells MPs to ‘beware of the unintended consequences’ of removing EU law’s supremacy, which ‘will provoke litigation’.
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NewsHigh Court makes promptness reminder in benefits uplift ruling
Mr Justice Swift says lateness of challenge to government decision on universal credit might have significantly influenced outcome.
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NewsPeers seek views on lord chancellor’s role
Inquiry will examine the extent to which law officers are able to remain impartial given their position in the executive.
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NewsStorm Eunice: court users may experience 'some disruption'
HM Courts & Tribunals Service says it has been working with the judiciary to review court and tribunal lists.
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NewsNews focus: Remodelled emergency legal aid housing scheme not yet fit for purpose
Experts have welcomed the government’s ambition to take a more rounded approach to housing issues, but plans to remodel the emergency scheme for tenants facing eviction appear flawed.
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NewsInspectors tell CPS to 'significantly improve' disclosure
Report reveals assault trial could have been adjourned because initial disclosure was completed eight months late.
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NewsMoJ lays bare full extent of court closures
List of courts and tribunals closed since 2010 published as minister details judicial drive to clear backlog.
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NewsCriminal barristers to be balloted on legal aid action
Dominic Raab signalled last week that he would not rush response on reforms.
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NewsGood Law Project does not have ‘carte blanche’ to bring JRs, High Court says
Group cannot draft objectives so ‘just about any conceivable public law error by any public authority falls within its remit’.
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NewsCourts service picks new chief from within the tent
Long-serving Ministry of Justice official Nick Goodwin will take over from acting chief executive Kevin Sadler next month.
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NewsCriminal bar awaits decision on legal aid ballot
Practitioner group tells the Gazette ‘the ball remains in the MoJ’s court’, but government says no response before end of March.
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NewsGovernment should nurture English law – LCJ
The UK ‘is not deriving the economic benefits from English law that could be achieved for want of a coherent strategy’, Lord Burnett says.
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NewsShock news: Man appoints lawyer for legal help
The Times’ latest ’exclusive’ on Boris Johnson’s troubles shows signs of desperation.