All Courts business articles – Page 171
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Opinion
Court support
If an experienced solicitor, legal executive or paralegal takes the view that the client has capacity, then the High Court should be supporting us.
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OpinionJudges quick off the mark to overhaul their divisions
Judges who became heads of division on the same day in January have swept away time-honoured practices.
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News
'Office' hearing plan for motor offences
Uncontested road traffic offences will be dealt with by single magistrate in an office.
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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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News
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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News
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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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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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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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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News
‘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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News
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.