All Civil justice articles
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NewsCall for single regulator in 'holistic' justice system
Access to civil justice should be through a ‘single, uncomplicated portal, readily identifiable to users’, report for Nuffield Foundation argues.
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News'Hostile' funding environment forces law centre's permanent closure
Hillingdon Law Centre provided free legal advice and representation on housing, immigration, employment and welfare rights for more than 40 years.
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NewsSociety fears new legal support grant will have 'limited impact'
Chancery Lane says £16m grant needs to be supported by regular investment in legal aid provision.
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OpinionMaking mediation mainstream
What happens when mediation ceases to be an alternative to the justice system and becomes part of its architecture?
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News13-year itch: Long marriages mean 'more complexity' when couples split
Family lawyers offer their take - and warnings - about the average length of a marriage reaching a six-decade high.
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NewsMPs call for independent body to run compensation schemes
Public accounts committee tells government to listen to victims who found claim process distressing or retraumatising.
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NewsMoJ consults on higher standard of proof for 'short-form' inquest conclusions
Support charity Inquest fears 'rowing back the rights' of bereaved families will make it harder to hold state agents to account.
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OpinionGround in a slow mill: farewell to Chancery?
The new Business and Property Division will remove the last vestige of Dickens' Bleak House court. In theory.
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NewsWaiting times for more complex civil trials down by six weeks
Consumer group says reduced delay is welcome but year-long wait is still too long.
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NewsAppeal for housing lawyers to continue late solicitor's 'invaluable' blog
Giles Peaker's Nearly Legal website became an essential resource for housing practitioners.
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NewsAbsent harasser of Foot Anstey loses contempt appeal
Court of Appeal issues warning about appellants failing to attend, stating that judges 'bent over backwards' to hear the case quickly.
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NewsNew online procedure code will cover ethical use of AI
Voluntary code will 'support the development of a digital justice system that is accessible to everyone'.
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NewsLord chancellor 'failing' on statutory legal aid duty, MPs warn
Justice committee warns of 'unacceptably high risk' of miscarriages of justice due to shrinking availability of legal aid.
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NewsCommon law can cope with AI harms, say experts
UK Jurisdiction Taskforce notes that professionals could be liable for failure to use AI.
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NewsPublic-private 'policy lab' to investigate ways to stop reoffending
Ministry of Justice and Cabinet Office team up with philanthropy match-making platform.
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NewsOmbudsman can't cope with costs disputes, Law Society warns
Judges want to push more costs cases out of court and into adjudication or mediation.
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OpinionJeremy Bamber: Murder and Turmoil at White House Farm
What is it about this case that fascinates so many people?
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OpinionA lacuna in our legal DNA
Michel Kallipetis KC and Susan Rodway KC reviews 'The Place of Mediation within the Modern Civil Justice System: Critical Perspectives'.