All Courts business articles – Page 35
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NewsMcFarlane makes fresh bid to curb volume of hearings
Family division president seeks to tighten up process and procedure after being told cases never seem to conclude.
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NewsHMCTS to switch off 'old' divorce portal on 31 March
New system introducing 'no-fault' provisions under Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act will begin on 6 April.
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NewsMPs sound alarm over MoJ's 'meagre ambition' to reduce court backlog
Public accounts committee unconvinced government will recruit enough judges to bring outstanding caseload down to 53,000 by 2025.
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News'Investigative' approach piloted in family courts
Government says pilots will ensure domestic abuse victims are not further traumatised by court process.
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News'Open defiance and hostility' to the SRA: Khan loses intervention challenge
High Court judge says Soophia Khan appears unsuitable to carry on practice as a solicitor in any capacity.
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NewsEd Sheeran is in love with the shape of his IP lawyers
Singer-songwriter's hit is 'a long way from grime', Mr Justice Zacaroli observes.
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NewsFamily firm producing two cost estimates due to hearing uncertainty
Solicitor calls for national guidance to resolve different approaches taken by courts on remote hearings.
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NewsCounty court delays still much higher than pre-pandemic, MoJ reveals
Small claims now taking almost a whole year to come to trial.
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NewsMoJ writes off £18.3m in building courts case management system
Permanent secretary says 'constructive loss' is a consequence of projects that go on for a while.
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NewsGreene mounts appeal over SDT 'misleading evidence' case
Former Law Society president argues that the case against him is ‘an abusive collateral attack’ and should be struck out.
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NewsPress coverage of Whitehall JR submissions will focus on 'colourful language'
Ministry of Justice tells tribunal that disclosure could spell the end of government-commissioned reviews.
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NewsMoJ exploring fresh JR reforms, tribunal hears
Government says it cannot publish Whitehall submissions to Faulks review due to ongoing policy work.
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NewsWitness on video link tried to give evidence while driving a van
Judge says lawyers need to think carefully about how remote witnesses conduct themselves.
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News'Almost unendurable': rape case delayed 21 times
Inspectors say cases should not be listed on the basis that they may be adjourned again.
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News'Shambolic': family lawyers told divorce service will close soon
Practitioners worried that transition to new system will leave couples unable to officially split up.
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NewsNightingale courts bill up to £34m, justice minister reveals
The Ministry of Justice will provide an update on future use of Nightingale courts ‘in due course’, James Cartlidge says.
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NewsTodner issues JR proceedings over SRA prosecution
Criminal defence solicitor is challenging disciplinary tribunal's decision not to stay proceedings on abuse of process grounds.
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OpinionOur criminal justice system needs major surgery, not a band aid
Recent government initiatives are just more knee-jerk, low-cost solutions to a much bigger problem.
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NewsPeers to run the rule over government’s JR reforms
The Judicial Review and Courts Bill faces amendments from opposition parties and leading lawyers in the House of Lords.
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NewsHigh Court makes promptness reminder in benefits uplift ruling
Mr Justice Swift says lateness of challenge to government decision on universal credit might have significantly influenced outcome.