
Catherine Baksi
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Setting the bench mark
Three women who have reached the peak of their jurisdiction’s judiciary talk to Catherine Baksi about the challenges they have faced.
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Judges warn of 'dysfunctional' relationship with justice watchdog
Ministry ignored 'genuine concerns' about Criminal Cases Review Commission's ability to perform its statutory functions.
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Military mettle
‘Warfare no longer looks like a tank driving over a battlefield,’ says the head of Army Legal Services. These days lawyers are on the frontline – in every sense.
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Merseyside lawyers plan private prosecution of Cummings
Solicitors take steps to bring private prosecution of prime minister’s adviser for alleged driving offences during lockdown.
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Defendants made to disclose nationality fear bias – report
Not-for-profit specialist criminal firm calls on government to review policy urgently or face legal action.
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Fully remote jury test a ‘success for open justice’
Experimental trial dealt with fictional case to test whether videolink could be fair alternative to face-to-face hearings during lockdown.
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Home-made justice
For the lawyers and expert witnesses involved, the first trial conducted through Skype was a success – but that enthusiasm is not shared by the litigant.
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Pioneering Skype trial 'went without a hitch', says judge
Court of Protection hearing was first trial to be conducted entirely by video.
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First all-Skype trial tests crisis working at CoP
Court of Protection is being asked to decide whether a man in his seventies should have nutrition withdrawn.
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High Court to rule on access to full adoption file
Freelance journalist Melanie Newman asked court to make order allowing her to see all court papers relating to adoption case.
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Following the footsteps of the first
106 years after the courts told would-be lawyer Gwyneth Bebb she was not a ‘person’, Catherine Baksi takes a walk with her granddaughter
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Barristers set up direct family mediation scheme
Divorce Puzzle will operate ‘lawyer-supported mediation’ at fixed fees starting at £1,350 per party.
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MoJ accused of ‘double standards’ on claims portal
The MoJ has not signed up to the portal but still expects firms to charge lower rates, according to Express Solicitors.
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Welsh language parity for solicitors
Status of Welsh as official language recognised in new SRA measures to cut red tape.
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Firm scales up for legal aid cuts
South coast firm set to complete its fourth merger in three months, driven by the government’s cuts to legal aid.
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Solicitors berate ‘sham’ victim plans
Criminal solicitors have dismissed government plans to enshrine victims’ rights in law as ‘electioneering’ by an administration that has presided over an ‘under-resourced, dysfunctional criminal justice system’ that fails victims.
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‘Community courts’ call to revive local justice
The closure of one in five magistrates’ courts has had ‘lamentable’ consequences for justice and led to rocketing costs, according to a paper from a centre-right thinktank calling for the restoration of local justice.
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High Court slaps down legal aid reform
Consultation process so unfair as to be illegal, judge rules – but new fee cuts likely to go ahead.
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Number of disbarred and suspended barristers soars
Nineteen barristers were disbarred in 2013/14, up from 13 the year before.