All Courts business articles – Page 119
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NewsJustice minister makes case for ADR
Mediation and arbitration to be ‘first recourse’ in dispute resolution - Sir Oliver Heald QC
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NewsNew HMCTS chief eyes ‘once in a generation’ opportunity
Susan Acland-Hood to take on role after summer departure of Natalie Ceeney.
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NewsNew alarm over role of McKenzie advisers
Paid McKenzie friend and his accomplice both guilty of perverting the course of justice.
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NewsIT success stories show online court can work – Briggs
Lord Justice Briggs says recent examples of IT in the courts – the Crown court digital case system and Rolls Building e-filing – show what can be achieved.
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NewsAnti-Brexit group wins right to disclose government’s legal defence
‘Difficult to see a justification’ for secrecy in light of principle of open justice, says judge.
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NewsMoJ told to comply with jailed drug baron’s kosher food FoI demands
Freedom of information tribunal tells department it ‘must have more information’ on kosher food policy.
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NewsGovernment caps public sector payoffs
Exit payments will be capped at £95,000, which could affect some judges.
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NewsSenior judge warns on ‘salami-slicing’ of courts service
Sir Peter Gross laments ‘painful loss of knowledge’ arising from departure of senior managers – and forecasts more job cuts.
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NewsBriggs: online court will take the ‘A’ out of ‘ADR’
Lord Justice Briggs says mediation will become the cultural norm – and suggests £25k limit could be raised if his blueprint works.
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FeatureRTA victims injured abroad
Claiming damages from the Motor Insurers’ Bureau following an accident abroad.
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NewsUse correct grammar, BSB tells newly qualified barristers
Recommendation comes in revised version of competences for practitioners.
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NewsMunby relies on problem-solving courts to solve 'care crisis'
Family division president says the number of new care cases could reach 25,000 by 2020.
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NewsConvicted fraudster tells police: my solicitor made me do it
Officer warns about misconception over fees leading to submission of false claims.
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FeatureWhen public authorities clash
High Court judge wondered why no attempt at compromise had been made.
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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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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.