All Courts business articles – Page 114
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NewsJudge 'disturbed' by 'fragile and vulnerable' woman's lack of legal aid
Judgment for breaches of anti-social behaviour injunction highlights numerous attempts to find a solicitor.
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NewsHMCTS reviews Welsh language scheme
Government wants to ensure scheme, set up in 2013, adequately reflects needs of court users.
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NewsMoJ sits on three closed courts for six years
Government able to dispose of most of courts estate, but still having to pay to maintain empty buildings.
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NewsHigh Court baby ruling highlights legal aid confusion
Government says legal aid is available subject to means and merits test.
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NewsHallett LJ: 'more to do' on solicitor judges
Progress report shows significant solicitor interest in judicial initiatives.
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NewsJudge sacked over 'abusive' website comments
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says Jason Dunn-Shaw used a pseudonym.
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Nuns accused of fraudulent misrepresentation in planning row
High Court allows £31m claim by local parish council to proceed, after religious Order banked £31m from residential development of school site.
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NewsBaby's parents 'struggling to understand' life support ruling
London firm Bindmans says parents of eight-month-old, who suffers from a rare genetic condition, need time to consider what to do next.
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NewsPrison charities hail 'groundbreaking' legal aid win
Ministry of Justice considering appeal over judgment hailed as a triumph for the 'marginalised and forgotten'.
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NewsLord chancellor to face damages claim after judge's 'gross' error
Appeal court judges stress that ruling does not undermine principle of judicial immunity.
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NewsTop solicitor judge bemoans dearth of diversity on bench
Lord Justice Gary Hickinbottom says solicitors can provide ‘different skill set’ but have not been recognised.
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NewsJudge's offer to pay victim surcharge 'failed to demonstrate impartiality'
His Honour Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC has been issued with formal advice.
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OpinionHello? Yeah, I'm just appearing in court...
The phone call can wait - this is a courtroom after all.
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NewsLawyer questions SFO's retrial request in Barclays case
Barclays traders Stylianos Contogoulas and Ryan Reich cleared of Libor rigging claims.
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NewsJudge's election comments 'put reputation of judiciary at risk'
Lord chief justice issues Donald Peter Herbert OBE with formal advice.
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OpinionFamily courts: reporting a greater truth
A slight loss of secrecy is needed to preserve the credibility of the system. New reporting guidelines should help.
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Birmingham debut for Business and Property Court
Renamed commercial court wll be launched in second city, judiciary reveals.
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NewsSolicitors' anger over late night court pilot
Solicitors claim the plans could restrict access to justice
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OpinionLate night courts? I didn’t want to see my children anyway
Lawyers obviously aren’t working hard enough – let’s get them in court for longer.
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NewsMoJ refuses to publish research on unrepresented defendants
Solicitors say decision to keep research for internal use only is 'extraordinary'.