All Courts business articles – Page 40
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NewsDiversity concerns as Supreme Court reappoints old guard
Appointment process 'completely opaque', claims top public law silk Dinah Rose.
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NewsPartner rebuked for telling clients they could share court Zoom link
Judge summoned solicitors after it emerged someone without permission was watching trial.
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News'End foolish and misguided strike', law firm chief tells criminal bar
Midlands practice says it is recruiting in-house counsel to ensure defendants are represented.
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NewsProtestor 'convicted behind closed doors' plans to sue Metropolitan Police
Dania Al-Obeid was arrested, detained and charged after attending a vigil for Sarah Everard last year.
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News'Remove listing responsibility from judges', suggests Treasury minister
Former justice minister Lucy Frazer MP says AI could be used to manage the court case load more effectively.
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News'Closed-door' court process criticised after Everard vigil prosecutions dropped
Crown Prosecution Service says legal test for prosecuting people who attended vigil for Sarah Everard was not met.
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NewsDamning Gerrard ruling sent to SRA
Mr Justice Waksman says he is ‘not sending [the ruling] in relation to Dechert as a firm’.
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NewsCrown court backlog edges up further
Figures published by HM Courts & Tribunals Service show outstanding cases rising for third consecutive month.
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NewsReforms of judicial discipline 'don't go far enough'
Support network for judges bemoans lack of independent review and anti-bullying code.
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OpinionLitigants want to know if they’ve won. Judgments should tell them
If litigants in person cannot understand a ruling that affects them then there is something wrong.
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NewsMoJ stands firm as 'uninterrupted' strike looms
Criminal barristers are being balloted on whether to maintain current action or escalate it from 5 September.
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NewsCriminal bar balloted on 'uninterrupted' strike action
Barristers could escalate legal aid action on the day the new prime minister is expected to be in post.
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NewsMore details of judicial misconduct findings to be published
Lord chancellor and lord chief justice resist calls for public hearings of Judicial Conduct Investigations Office.
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NewsMagistrates' court caseload down 20% in two years
Backlog ‘now close to pre-pandemic levels’, chief executive reports - but ‘still a long way to go’.
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News‘Vexatious’ contempt bid against protest solicitor thrown out by judge
'The court does not grant injunctions to parties to litigation to be used as a weapon against those perceived to be opponents'.
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NewsCity centre court shut down for urgent asbestos tests
Trials moved as Manchester site set to be closed for at least two weeks.
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NewsCrown court valedictory for criminal defence 'legend'
Judge tells farewell gathering that barristers owe Bill Waddington a 'huge debt of gratitude'.
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NewsJR guidance for civil servants updated following Covid cases
Government Legal Department discusses bias, standing, justiciability and Brexit in 'Judge Over Your Shoulder' document.
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NewsRolling out a ragged red carpet
MoJ finally gets round to sending ministers to take a look at a few courts.
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NewsOld Bailey sentencing remarks broadcast on TV for the first time
Lord chief justice hopes landmark moment for open justice will help public gain better understanding of how judges reach their decisions.