All Courts business articles – Page 118
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OpinionFinally, a judgment we can all understand
I don’t want the law to be dumbed down, just made more manageable.
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News
CJEU says no to fixed-term contracts, with conditions
Fixed-term contracts against EU law where there is a need for permanent employment.
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News‘Relentless and obstinate’ McKenzie friend allowed to be advocate
Defendant claimed assistant was mounting wider campaign, but judge allows him to represent litigant.
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NewsTransforming justice: tribunals’ future unclear
Paper questions structure of employment tribunal service.
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NewsTwo more London courts face axe in MoJ plans
Camberwell Green and Hammersmith magistrates’ courts earmarked for closure.
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NewsTransforming justice: digital courts get green light in £1bn initiative
Online revolution will 'deliver a justice system that works for everyone', says Truss.
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OpinionPrivatising family law by the back door
Private financial dispute resolution hearings - a BUPA to the courts’ NHS - are thriving.
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News12-month sentence for ‘utterly false’ whiplash claim
High Court hears Bernard Parmar made or caused to be made six separate false statements of truth in £15,000 claim.
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News‘Disgraceful’ family solicitor sentenced over income tax fraud
Dianna Gerald, also known as Dianna Lee, 'wholly unsuitable to be a solicitor' judge says.
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NewsNepal torture acquittal raises universal jurisdiction fears
Prosecutors should not be deterred from bringing war crimes cases, solicitors say.
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NewsGive bereaved families legal aid for representation at inquests – chief coroner
HH Judge Peter Thornton QC says unnecessary inquests for DoLS deaths should also be removed.
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NewsLandmark copyright judgment backs hyperlinks – with conditions
CJEU says links can be posted without copyright owner’s consent so long as not for financial gain.
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NewsLegal representation in care proceedings under review
Sir James Munby says resources are unlikely to increase to deal with expected rise in care cases.
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NewsFirm boasts of 146 fundamental dishonesty wins in a year
Horwich Farrelly says it successfully used the defence eight times in a single day.
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OpinionWill the appeal court turn its nose up at the sale of PI cases?
True value of pre-Jackson caseloads is difficult to work out.
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NewsClaimant slapped with costs order after erroneous CFA letter
Firm admitted that it had wrongly advised the defendants claim was being funded by way of a conditional fee agreement.
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NewsRenewed call for problem-solving courts to be piloted
Centre for Justice Innovation publishes fresh evidence.
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NewsThird-party JR funders must be allowed anonymity – Law Society
Ministry of Justice says identification of funders giving more than £3,000 will ensure equality of arms.
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NewsCourt of Appeal threshold to remain unchanged
Automatic right to oral hearing will be removed, but ‘real prospect of success’ remains the benchmark.
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NewsDisgruntled client daubs solicitor’s car with black paint
Blackburn man vandalised lawyer’s car ‘because of the way he was spoken to’.