News – Page 217
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NewsCrime victims to get right to address courts directly
From December, judges will take into account victims’s personal statements when determining sentences, the victims’ minister says
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NewsThe courts are secular, says top family judge
Judges are no longer the guardians of public morality, Sir James Munby tells a Law Society conference.
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NewsMP to fight Welsh court closure plan
Elfyn Llwyd warns MoJ should not leave his constituency without any courts.
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NewsHigh Court set to rule on tribunal fees
A decision is expected next month on a union’s challenge to the government’s introduction of employment tribunal fees.
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NewsMoJ writes off £76m in uncollected court fines
Amount 'administratively cancelled' is 20% increase on previous year
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NewsLawyers asked for opinions on EU rights
The European Union’s framework of fundamental rights is to come under scrutiny as part of the government’s examination of the relationship between the UK and the EU.
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NewsUncertainty surrounds £2m court complex
The court building programme in Sunderland has been lying dormant since 2010.
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News‘Leap of faith’ needed for solicitor qualification route plans
Chancery Lane responds to plans for a revolution in professional training set out by the SRA.
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Flexible working targets more women judges
The move follows legislation in April to improve diversity.
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Full court listings could be online by April
At present, most court lists are distributed externally only to established newspapers under the so-called ‘press protocol’.
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Neuberger: cuts are ‘blot on the rule of law’
Supreme Court president has warned that proposed legal aid cuts could deny justice to those most in need.
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‘Libel tourism’ cases thrown out
Two rulings dismissed claims brought in London against foreign publications.
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NewsTraining overhaul at least four years away, says SRA
The SRA’s Training for Tomorrow policy document proposes moving away from academic routes into the profession.
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NewsLCJ urges Wales to start afresh
Access to justice requires ‘good and properly drafted law’, says Sir John Thomas.
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NewsBritons take to video to learn US law
University responds to growing demand from lawyers who wanted to add US qualifications without having to relocate.
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Lawyers in France strike
The move is a sign of growing anger among the French legal profession over legal aid cuts.
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Scholarship payments on offer
University and newspaper team up to offer scholarships and work experience placements.
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EU access directive
Directive will guarantee people facing criminal proceedings the right to the effective assistance of a lawyer.
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NewsKill off outdated family law, says retiring Coleridge
The private sector should take the lead in developing alternatives to the ‘bloodshed, time and cost’ of court, family judge says.
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NewsNational Crime Agency opens for business
The home secretary has published the government’s strategy to ‘relentlessly pursue’ organised and serious crime.