All Courts business articles – Page 2
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News
RCJ blazes trail for homeless moot contest
Staff at Royal Courts of Justice step in to provide venue for social mobility mooting competition after electrical fire shuts Old Bailey.
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Solicitor fails in race discrimination claim against JAC
Unsuccessful deputy High Court candidate says he is seeking legal advice on whether he should appeal employment tribunal judgment.
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Nightingale courts remain open - but Society says more needs to be done
Total of 20 temporary courtrooms will remain open, some until March 2025, but Law Society president says ‘significant injection of funding needed’.
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Julian Assange: law professors warn of threat to US constitution
Successful prosecution of WikiLeaks founder would be 'disastrous for press freedom in the US', says former New York Times general counsel.
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MoJ spending £20m on northern court repairs
Millions being spent replacing roofs, heating systems, pipes, windows, cladding and lifts.
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Opinion
Is it different if we profit from providing a foreign court?
We never consider that our country makes an appreciable living through the provision of what is in effect a foreign court to other countries.
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Opinion
Transparency pilot offers a window on society
Expansion of media reporting will play a vital role in revealing how decisions are made in the family courts.
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News
News focus: First lady chief justice faces the media
Learning from other jurisdictions was a key theme of the lady chief justice’s first annual press conference. Open justice, diversity and broadcasting court proceedings also cropped up.
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Listing 'in the ether' could cut backlog, says LCJ
Baroness Carr states importance of ‘learning best practice’ from other jurisdictions.
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Landmark sentencing guidance highlights racial disparities
Judges will be told Black and Asian offenders receive longer sentences for blackmail, kidnap and false imprisonment.
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Government resurrects employment tribunal fees
Controversial charging regime introduced by Chris Grayling was axed following a Supreme Court ruling in 2017.
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Bench Book refresh: racism chapter 'tighter and full of practical guidance'
Judiciary declines to confirm if revised version will contain 'problematic' sentences brought to bench book editors' attention.
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Court shut due to RAAC set to close for good
MoJ says it was not worth spending the money required to reopen Blackpool Magistrates’ and County Court building.
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Lawyers ready to fight UEFA over venue for cup final claims
UEFA applies to have claims heard in a French court but faces opposition from UK firm.
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Postpone hearings if you feel unsafe, LCJ tells judges
Justice committee asks lady chief justice about court security following assault on family judge.
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Rwanda bill: deployment of judges 'matter for the judiciary'
Statement responds to reports that prime minister is planning to draft 150 judges to hear Rwanda appeals.
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'Degraded' courts: Sheffield flooded out; Rolls hit by power cut; Old Bailey masonry injures pedestrian
Law Society president condemns ‘degradation of courts estate across England and Wales due to decades of underinvestment’.
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More family courts open to journalists
Pilot will now be extended to 16 other courts across England following a ‘pioneering year’ of family court reporting.