All Courts business articles – Page 57
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NewsCourt services offer ‘safe space’ for litigants
Two court-based services that provide free advice are working together to provide a ‘safe space’ for litigants in person during the pandemic.
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NewsAppeal courts to have 'final say' post-Brexit transition
Government decides to grant highest appeal courts the power to depart from retained EU case law.
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NewsMcFarlane: Family court backlogs cut but remote working 'saps morale'
Family division president says there have been more sitting days in family than ever before.
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NewsHMCTS: don't come to court if you have Covid
HM Courts & Tribunals Service acknowledges that public health legislation permits court users to come out of self-isolation.
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NewsTrials listed for 2022 as Crown court backlog approaches 50,000
HMCTS struggles to ensure that trials can be accommodated under ongoing restrictions.
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NewsBrexit legislation could put judges on 'collision course' with government
Former Supreme Court president says lawyers will go to court if UK Internal Market Bill gets through parliament.
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NewsBlackpool courts close after staff member develops Covid symptoms
HM Courts & Tribunals Service says the buildings are being deep cleaned as a precaution.
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NewsMoJ admits employment tribunal backlog now at 10-year high
Outstanding caseload likely to get worse when furlough ends this month.
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NewsCourt systems still at risk of hacks
Criminal court estate is still using operating system that fell victim to the WannaCry cyber-attack.
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NewsProblem-solving court to help families in the Midlands
Specialist problem-solving court will cover Walsall, Sandwell and Dudley.
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NewsSociety alarmed by Covid-19 exemption for lawyers
Chancery Lane has raised its concerns about the latest regulations with the courts minister.
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NewsLondon’s new justice quarter unveiled
Nine-storey Fleet Street development will house Crown, civil and magistrates’ courts.
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NewsLawyers can break new self-isolation rules to go to court
People participating in legal proceedings are exempt from new legal duty to self-isolate.
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NewsSeparated parents from deprived areas going to court in Wales
Landmark research sheds light on families involved in private law proceedings.
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NewsJudge tells lawyers: Stop wasting our time with trivial applications
Bristol family judge says parties not adhering to his warning will be criticised and sanctioned.
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NewsCriminal lawyers vote overwhelmingly against extended operating hours
Women in Criminal Law says practitioners have no more hours left to give.
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NewsHybrid hearings 'increase risk of unfairness'
PI leader says that 'lawyers and courts are so pleased to have a hearing at all that they overlook fairness issues'.
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OpinionLetters roundup - 28 September 2020
Client due diligence during Covid, and rights for jurors: your letters to the editor.
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NewsRemote hearings fail most vulnerable clients, say solicitors
People with mental health issues, learning disabilities and language barriers believed to be at particular disadvantage.
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NewsHMCTS to introduce evening sessions in magistrates' court
HM Courts & Tribunals Service says evening sessions will run from 5pm to 8pm, Monday to Friday.