All Courts business articles – Page 43
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NewsLAA declines to disclose back-up advocacy numbers for 'no returns'
Several solicitors have publicly declared they will not be helping Legal Aid Agency to undermine criminal bar's action.
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NewsNews focus: Lifting the lid on judgments
The National Archives online library of court judgments has gone live, with its connections to third-party computer software hailed as ‘a game-changer’.
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OpinionScrapping limit on sitting days will boost court recovery
System will be able to run at 'full throttle' to drive down the backlog, writes justice minister James Cartlidge MP.
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NewsUnlimited sitting days to tackle backlog as action begins to bite
Old Bailey murder prosecution reportedly postponed due to criminal bar's 'no returns' protest as government seeks to boost court capacity.
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NewsThousands interested in becoming magistrates
Ministry of Justice has received 34,524 expressions of interest since it announced £1m campaign.
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NewsPublic law campaigners help vulnerable child's legal aid challenge
Law Society stepped in financially after LAA refused to grant funding for judicial review claim against the agency's decision.
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News'£33 quadrillion' serial litigant given two-year court ban
Litigant sued arbitrator for ‘more than the total amount of gold ever mined in the world’, court hears.
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NewsUkraine war service trumps litigation, judge rules
Trial of Ukrainian lender Privatbank’s $4.2bn (£3.2bn) fraud claim was adjourned last week.
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NewsReed denies political ‘pressure’ over departure from Hong Kong
Supreme Court president says ‘no compromise of judicial independence’ over decision.
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NewsFamily judge sorry after ‘everything went wrong’ in contact dispute
Court finds child’s needs were not put first and appeal took a year to come to court.
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NewsCourt of Appeal hears bid to revive £5bn Brazil group claim
More than 200,000 Brazilian citizens are suing mining giant BHP over 2015 collapse of Fundao dam.
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NewsDrop in divorce petitions as 'no-fault' era edges closer
HM Courts & Tribunals Service switches off old digital service ahead of 6 April reforms.
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NewsWar in Ukraine delays $4.2bn fraud trial
Ukrainian lender Privatbank’s claim against former owners now likely to be tried in 2023.
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NewsMoJ urged to extend family mediation voucher scheme
Around 7,000 families will have benefited from £500 vouchers designed to resolve disputes away from court.
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NewsWhitehall submissions would have 'facilitated' scrutiny of JR reforms - tribunal
Public law specialists lose appeal but tribunal rejects government argument that submissions would 'add nothing' to parliamentary debate.
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News‘Phone hacking’ litigation continues – for now
High Court refuses News Group Newspapers’ application for ‘final cut-off date’ in litigation.
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NewsCourts case management system glitch as HMCTS resumes rollout
Common Platform working again after practitioners were notified this morning that the system was unavailable.
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News'Absolute scandal': HMCTS urged to cut £593 divorce fee
New digital service is expected to be quicker but fee to file an application for a divorce will remain unchanged.
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NewsDuke of Sussex’s lawyers criticised for embargo breach
Mr Justice Swift says the breach was ‘entirely unacceptable’.