All Law Gazette articles in 30 April 2018
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News
Public given full access to make online divorce applications
Justice minister Lucy Frazer says the online system will cut waste and speed up services.
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Commission begins work on 'not fit for purpose' surrogacy laws
Law commissions for England and Wales, and Scotland, secure £150,000 government funding.
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Parole Board must become a fully fledged court, ex-chief declares
Professor Nick Hardwick says the public body must be separated from the Ministry of Justice.
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MoJ backtracks on tribunal fee refund alerts
Government has begun writing to people affected after previously dismissing the idea following last year's landmark Supreme Court defeat.
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Opinion
Are the courts embracing technology?
Judicial Ways of Working: 2022. What are the main challenges?
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News
Leeds legal stalwart expands down south
Bristol office will be Emsleys’ first outside West Yorkshire.
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Solicitor tells court: This place is too busy to shut
Cambridge lawyer makes impassioned speech after client told to wait another six months for trial. ‘Powers that be are nowhere to be seen,’ she says.
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Simmons hires from top Dublin firms for Ireland move
Post-Brexit, Ireland will be ‘strategic domicile’, says leading firm.
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City law firm hopes to raise £43m from record IPO
Rosenblatt aims to surpass Gateley in largest IPO ever made by a UK law firm.
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Leigh Day prepares Windrush group action
Human rights firm it is waiting to hear more about the government's compensation scheme.
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Opinion
Why sack the only people propping up our justice system?
Court staff are papering over the cracks: now we’re set to hand them a P45.
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News
Solicitor campaigns to make mental health 'first-aiders' compulsory
Jodie Hill has launched a petition pointing to the anomaly that staff are trained in physical first aid only.
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Senior presiding judge issues guidance on bar boycott
Lady Justice Macur says there should be no suggestion the judiciary are 'anything other than neutral' in the dispute between the profession and the government.
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Union hits out as courts shakeup threatens 6,500 jobs
Documents issued by the judiciary also shed further light on the future of the government's flexible courts hours plans.