All Courts business articles – Page 59
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NewsLawyers should be last resort for separating families - McFarlane
New report from the judiciary recommends shifting family breakdown away from 'justice' response.
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NewsHMCTS may publish court risk assessments
Work happening 'in the background' to see if documents can be put up within court and tribunal finder service.
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NewsWe'll appeal, says firm behind 'fundamentally flawed' £5bn group claim
Epic Brazil dam litigation will continue with challenge in the Court of Appeal.
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News'Irredeemably unmanageable': High Court blocks £5bn group litigation
Judge says prospect of managing 200,000 claimants from Brazil is 'alarming' and cannot work.
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NewsExtended operating hours to continue until April
Capacity of civil courts under growing pressure, says HMCTS.
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NewsRemote evidence could tackle expert shortage in family court
Working group tasked by family division president to investigate shortage makes 22 wide-ranging recommendations.
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NewsCharity pilots last-minute pro bono help in family cases
Advocate wants to avoid turning away unrepresented applicants with nothing.
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NewsParties in HMCTS pilot snub small claims mediation
HM Courts & Tribunals Service says suspicion and timing may be contributing to low take-up.
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NewsLCJ wants ‘realistic assessment’ of funds needed to reduce backlog
In his annual report, Lord Burnett of Maldon says outstanding caseload was already unacceptable even before Covid.
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NewsHousing possession cases to continue during second lockdown
HM Courts & Tribunals Service says courts will remain open for business but there will be no evictions.
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NewsCourts will be exempt from second lockdown
Judges and magistrates are urged to make full use of remote hearings but buildings will not close, lord chief justice says.
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NewsParents appearing alone at remote family hearings
Concerns raised about hearings where interim orders are made to remove babies shortly after birth.
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NewsSolicitors sworn in as High Court judges
Lord chief justice says latest additions to senior bench should be celebrated.
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NewsLCJ wades in to immigration row
Lord Burnett of Maldon expresses regret at 'minority of lawyers' supporting 'abusive late legal challenges'.
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NewsCourt of Appeal declares Home Office immigration policy 'unlawful'
Judges say Judicial Reviews and Injunctions Policy gives 'real risk' of preventing access to justice.
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OpinionJustice depends on data - and the pandemic shows why
At the moment we lack even the most basic information about how the system is coping.
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NewsSolicitors boycott court cells over Covid concerns
Defence practitioners say they face unsafe environment after police stopped running virtual remand hearings.
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NewsMan appears in court over alleged knife attack on immigration firm
Cavan Medlock, 28, of Harrow, has yet to enter pleas in relation to alleged incident at Harrow office of Duncan Lewis.
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NewsOldest local law society hosts Nightingale court
Bristol Law Society marks 250th anniversary with new role.