All Courts business articles – Page 6
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NewsAllow electronic wills, Law Commission tells government
Draft bill would also abolish the rule that marriage revokes a will.
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NewsJudicial salary review to explore 'flexible pay'
Lord chancellor wants Senior Salaries Review Body to come up with recommendations that will make the bench more attractive.
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OpinionLegal services and technology can kickstart economic growth
Legal services attract over £37 billion into the economy every year and we want to support them to grow further.
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NewsEfficient service? MPs to probe family court system
Ministry of Justice and Department for Education officials will be grilled on why families are waiting up to a year for their cases to be resolved.
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NewsInternational firm escapes contempt penalty over judgment leak
High Court judge tells Fieldfisher that embarrassment is sufficient punishment for its 'big mistake'.
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OpinionLetters roundup
An accountant for Leveson, systemic failures of the county court and working from home: your letters to the editor.
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NewsSupreme Court delivers digital programme on time and within budget
Three-year project has slashed the number of weeks it takes to decide a permission to appeal application.
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NewsWestminster inquiry calls for evidence on joint enterprise
Commission wants to know how the common law doctrine has been applied amid concerns over prosecutions.
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NewsLegal advisers 'need pay parity' with CPS
Trained legal advisers quitting HMCTS for better paid jobs in Crown Prosecution Service and local government.
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NewsWant to become a judge? Prepare for two years, solicitors advised
Former appointments commissioner says solicitors possess transferable skills, but often do not fully understand a judge's role.
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NewsRCJ hydrates hacks at last
Royal Courts of Justice press room has a makeover that means journalists don't need to rinse out their mugs in the toilet sinks.
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NewsMPs continue to row over Sentencing Council guidance
Emergency legislation on pre-sentence reports passes second reading following heated debate on role of Sentencing Council.
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NewsPay for informants on anti-fraud agenda
Second part of Jonathan Fisher KC’s disclosure and fraud offences review will also investigate whether criminal courts are equipped to hear complex fraud cases.
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NewsSupreme Court to review complaints procedure
Highest court will also consider providing transcripts of proceedings and upgrading its broadcasting equipment.
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NewsIn depth: Justice minister admits county court has not recovered from pandemic
Sarah Sackman KC has admitted to MPs that the county court has not recovered from the trauma of the pandemic. Successes such as digitisation of claims are ‘nowhere near enough’.
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NewsJudge slams lack of judicial diversity progress in family courts
Her Honour Judge Khatun Sapnara says there are plenty of black, Asian and minority ethnic lawyers with the requisite merit.
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NewsQur’an burning case ‘threatens back-door blasphemy law’
National Secular Society writes to CPS urging it to drop prosecution for intent to cause 'harassment, alarm or distress' to Islam.
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NewsCounty court enforcement branded complex, slow and outdated
Master of the rolls says enforcement reform has too often been labelled ‘too difficult’.
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NewsNo-fault divorce: 'blame game' still rife, say family lawyers
New regime 'has led to more spouses littering financial statements with allegations of bad behaviour'.