All Courts business articles – Page 160
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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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Fee remission reforms to go ahead
The government has approved plans to means-test waivers for civil court and tribunal fees
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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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FeatureDelay and strike-out in financial remedy proceedings
Andrew Newbury looks at the introduction of family rules which allow a strike out of a statement of case.
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NewsGrayling sets out new JR restrictions
The government has set out proposals that would limit who is entitled to apply for a judicial review.
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OpinionGetting IT right
The lack of 21st century IT in a £300m world-leading litigation centre is starting to resemble a national embarrassment.
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NewsEmpty court buildings left unsold
The Ministry of Justice has yet to sell 44 vacated court buildings, at a cost of millions of pounds to the taxpayer.
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Opinion
Wills: bronze rule
We cannot see why it seems to be assumed by the judiciary that a doctor’s ability to judge mental capacity is greater than that of a solicitor.
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NewsLCJ concern over solicitor bench applications
Lord Judge says ‘it is a matter of concern’ that there has been a decrease in the proportion of successful solicitor candidates.
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Law Report
Medical treatment
Adult patient – Consent to treatment – Patient lacking capacity – Adult male, DE, having learning difficulties
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NewsLandmark planning judgment holes golf course plan
Green-belt campaigners have successfully challenged a scheme to turn the former home of press baron Lord Beaverbrook into a hotel and golf course.
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FeatureDBAs: greater need for expert early case assessment
It is crucial that prospective claimants get an ‘early case assessment’ of the potential scale of any settlement under Jackson’s new damages-based agreements.
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‘Onerous’ courts interpretation contract hits Capita profits
Profits plummeted at Capita Translation and Interpreting after the company took on courts interpretation.
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Jury service age limit to rise to 75
The age of jury service is to be raised by five years to include 70- to 75-year-olds.
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NewsFormer judge wins pension battle
A former part-time judge who fought his pension claim to the Supreme Court is entitled to compensation, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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NewsGovernment to propose new custodial powers for magistrates
New measures to ensure that more offences involving custodial sentences are handled entirely in magistrates’ courts feature in plans to overhaul the justice system.
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OpinionCracking the whip on costs
Judges have been instructed to take a tough line on costs budgeting rules.