All Courts business articles – Page 41
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NewsCriminal bar demands to meet new justice secretary this week
Kirsty Brimelow QC says Dominic Raab's successor must open negotiations as soon as they enter office.
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NewsBang to rights at Wood Green?
Video appearances by defendants certainly save time and money, but there’s little doubt that they tend to detract from the majesty of in-person proceedings.
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NewsCriminal bar begins 'historic' strike
Barristers escalate action over legal aid funding on day new prime minister is announced.
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NewsMagistrates' court staff to strike for nine days this month
PCS union has also served notice of a second ballot of members over the Common Platform.
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NewsRaab made 'direct request' for striking barristers' names, CBA claims
The MoJ says it is ‘categorically untrue’ that names were requested by Raab or department.
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News‘Warm banks’? Go and watch a trial
Still at the Crown court, Obiter was struck by the amount of spare seating available – especially at what, in days gone by, would have been the press benches.
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NewsAxiom financial adviser faces March 2024 retrial
David Kennedy, 69, denies one count of fraudulent trading in relation to the Axiom Legal Financing Fund.
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OpinionWhen Crown court judges start to look young
The wheels of justice kept turning - just - on day one of the defence barristers’ indefinite walk-out.
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NewsParalegals and postponements: Crown courts muddle through
As the criminal bar’s full-blown strike gets under way, the Gazette reports from the front line at Wood Green and Southwark.
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NewsFlagship civil claims centre to close in merger
Salford Money Claims Centre set to merge with Northampton under HMCTS reform programme.
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NewsEx-magic circle solicitor’s insider dealing trial facing long strike delay
Judge tells counsel that the bar's action has thrown the court diary into 'complete disarray'.
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NewsMore advocacy rights? Solicitors 'already stretched to breaking point'
Law Society says 15% fee uplift across the board still needed if government wants more lawyers in Crown court.
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NewsBar strike: More solicitors could be granted advocacy rights
Justice secretary Dominic Raab reportedly considering ways to let non-barristers represent clients in Crown court.
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NewsAttack on bar strike is a smokescreen for courts energy crisis, says Labour
Shadow justice secretary says cost of heating and powering crumbling buildings has soared in the past five years.
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NewsAll out: barristers vote overwhelmingly for full-blown strike
New prime minister will face criminal justice headache as court backlog set to get considerably worse.
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NewsLondon's domination of commercial claims is shrinking - gradually
Claims issued in London still account for almost three-quarters of all business and property court work.
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NewsGovernment dealt partial blow in bid to keep Rwanda documents secret
Ministers sought to withold disclosure on grounds of public interest immunity.
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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.