All Courts business articles – Page 54
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NewsCourt fees set to increase for the first time in five years
Proposal for the civil and family courts expected to raise an extra £17m a year.
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News£500 vouchers for families to resolve disputes away from court
Ministry of Justice unveils £1m scheme to bolster use of mediation.
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News‘Not helpful’ to keep talking about backlog, says justice minister
Lord Wolfson tells MPs that they should be focusing their attention on throughput of work.
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NewsImmigration reforms: courts could be required to consider wasted costs
Home Office unveils proposals to end what it believes are 'last-minute unmeritorious' claims.
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NewsCovid operating hours still on the table, Bar Council told
Radical measures to clear the court backlog are not backed by lord chancellor, says representative body.
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NewsShort films to support 'digitally disadvantaged' with virtual justice
Research team keen to hear from solicitors with experience of attending video hearings.
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NewsLabour calls for extra 33,000 court sitting days
Number of outstanding cases in the Crown court reached nearly 57,000 last month.
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NewsMore courts to offer rapid Covid tests
Leeds Combined Court, Leicester Crown Court, Reading Crown Court and Winchester Combined Court will offer on-site testing from today.
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OpinionMany lawyers prefer remote hearings, and they shouldn’t be muted
Lord chief justice should be explaining why hearings have to be in person, not assuming they must be.
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NewsSociety raises concern over JR proposal on ouster clauses
Chancery Lane says government must remain answerable to the law like the rest of us.
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NewsJR reform: Buckland to 'go further' than Faulks review
Lawyers voice concern that reforms go beyond what Independent Review of Adminstrative Law recommended.
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NewsBuckland announces JR reforms to keep judges away from politics
Independent review found courts were increasingly considering the merits of government decisions.
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NewsNo legal aid for parents fighting to continue baby's life-sustaining treatment
Barrister stepped in to represent mother and father for free after hearing about their plight through hospital's lawyer.
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NewsTop immigration firm ‘abused’ court process with futile JR claims
Duncan Lewis avoids referral to SRA after offering 'profound regret' for conduct of cases.
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NewsLord chief nudges lawyers back to court
'Possible and desirable' to increase attendance at in-person hearings, says Lord Burnett of Maldon.
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NewsOnline court may need only one procedure rule, says Briggs
Supreme Court judge reveals that legislation to set up litigant-in-person-friendly dispute resolution procedure expected this year.
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NewsCircuit judge promises to write monthly to defendant in mental health crisis
Pledge accompanied community order on woman caught carrying a razor blade.
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NewsWork with locals in hunt for Nightingale courts, HMCTS told
Regional officials do not know what is happening in their own areas, justice committee hears.
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NewsCriminal bar calls for 120,000 Crown court sitting days
Association says Ministry of Justice and HM Treasury will agree final budget this week.
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NewsStill crumbling: HMCTS handling 5,000 court repair requests a month
Government spending millions on repairs, but nine out of 10 courts still have outstanding jobs needing attention.