All Government & politics articles – Page 81
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ProfileMy legal life: Kelby Harmes, Attorney General’s Office
Director and deputy head of the Attorney General’s Office, London.
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NewsGLD wants to increase diversity target at senior levels
Deputy director says 26.8% of department have declared themselves to be from an ethnic minority background.
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NewsDefenders of judicial review plead their case to MPs
Law Society says reforms will remove basic requirement of an effective justice system.
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NewsSleaze row: Paterson vote ‘completely undermines trust’, says ex-government legal chief
Sir Jonathan Jones QC slams 'dysfunctional' system for regulating MPs, while ex-lord chancellor Lord Falconer berates law officer 'stooges'.
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NewsFifteenth time lucky: advice clinic's legal aid struggle revealed
Solicitor tells Pro Bono Week event that free advice relies on fully funded legal aid sector.
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NewsLAA ordered to apologise to law centre for 'unreasonable delays'
Parliamentary ombudsman says agency's failure to address unfairness was maladministration.
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NewsScottish legal aid row escalates after solicitor 'removed from court building'
Public war of words breaks out between bar association and Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.
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News30 minutes free: LAA tackles immigration detainee discrepancy
Solicitor who successfully challenged absence of equal provision says change does not go far enough.
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OpinionLawyers to the barricades
The reputation of the profession is at stake where lawyers are identified with their clients’ interests. The Law Society must protect us against unjustified attack.
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NewsBudget boost to drive Land Registry’s digital push
HM Treasury’s budget Red Book reveals that body’s spending will rise by 19.7% in cash terms over next three years.
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FeatureEver so mighty
Ministers have become fixated on judicial power and the ability of the courts to frustrate government policy. Will they really take on the rule of law as ‘public enemy number one’? Eduardo Reyes reports.
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NewsCop 26: Lawyers must wake up to climate ‘madness’, says former Ireland president
Mary Robinson says the legal profession needs to do more to address the climate crisis.
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OpinionRaab’s plans to overhaul the Human Rights Act make no sense
Take it from a human rights lawyer.
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NewsEarly users warned HMCTS about Common Platform problem
Practitioners repeatedly struggling to access cases due to error-free requirement, Gazette can reveal.
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NewsI was 'young and naïve', shadow justice secretary explains
David Lammy’s legislating past comes back to haunt him.
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NewsBudget 21: Tax advisers in line for new sanctions
Finance bill will allow HMRC to freeze assets of ’promoters’ until penalties are paid.
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NewsJR bill cruises through Commons vote as rebellion fails to materialise
Justice secretary Dominic Raab says allowing so many flawed challenges to upper tribunal rulings ‘skews the system’.
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News'The government has listened' - Chancery Lane welcomes budget boost
Chancellor announces billion-pound investment to increase capacity and efficiency across the courts system.
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NewsBudget 21: MoJ set for windfall with 4.1% real terms increase by 2025
Commitments for this year include £324m to increase court capacity and more people eligible for legal aid.
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NewsBudget 21: Backlog funding ‘window dressing’
Criminal Bar Association said the budget shows ‘lack of joined-up thinking’.