All articles by Catherine Baksi – Page 23
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NewsLib Dems call for halt to legal aid reforms
Members at conference voted to oppose further cuts if they are made without being properly trialled.
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OpinionUnveiling the elephant in the room – partially
No one is too pleased by the compromise on wearing a niqab in court – but now the issue will have to be addressed.
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NewsBar calls for a ‘college of regulators’ - and no Legal Services Board
The Bar Standards Board and Bar Council have added their voices to calls for the Legal Services Board to be scrapped.
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NewsJudge rules defendant cannot give evidence wearing niqab
A Muslim woman can wear a niqaab during her trial, but must remove it is she gives evidence.
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'Office' hearing plan for motor offences
Uncontested road traffic offences will be dealt with by single magistrate in an office.
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Lithman: fee cuts will be 'kiss of death'
Criminal barristers will accept ’not a penny more’ of fee cuts, Nigel Lithman QC tells Chris Grayling.
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Ministers offer costs protection for defamation victims of ‘modest means’
Government proposes to implement Leveson proposals on qualified one-way costs shifting.
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NewsJudge allows veiled woman to enter a plea
A woman wearing a niqab has been allowed to plead not guilty after a police officer identified her in private.
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NewsMPs condemn 'tortuous' inchoate offence law
Offences of encouraging and assisting crimes are too ‘complex and difficult’ for lawyers.
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OpinionSomethin’s gotta give
When an irresistible force such as Chris Grayling meets an immovable object like the legal profession…
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NewsCriminal bar issues legal challenge to QASA
The Criminal Bar Association has issued a legal challenge to the decision to press ahead with quality assurance scheme.
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Thinktanks call for greater autonomy in courts
‘Conservative’ courts should be opened to local discretion empowerment, two thinktanks say.
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News‘Disturbing reduction’ in take-up of civil legal aid
The Legal Action Group calls on the government to increase the profile of civil legal aid services after figures show a huge shortfall in take-up this year.
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News'This is best deal possible' - reaction to amended legal aid plans
Revised plans for criminal legal aid reform met with a mixed reaction, ranging from pragmatic acceptance to fears that miscarriages of justice could still follow.
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NewsGrayling confirms legal aid concessions
The justice secretary today published revised plans for criminal legal aid contracting.
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NewsRegulation review: conveyancers urge caution
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers says amending the Legal Services Act would be premature.
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NewsBar Serco and G4S from MoJ contracts, demands Khan
The shadow justice secretary calls on Chris Grayling to bar two of the biggest government contractors.
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NewsCo-op Legal partners with uni to train solicitors online
Troubled Co-operative Legal Services has announced a partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University.
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NewsCo-op rebuts divestment rumours
Co-operative Legal Services, which last week reported a loss for the first half of this year, has dismissed speculation that it is being groomed for divestment.