All Courts business articles – Page 97
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NewsFlexible courts could bankrupt solicitor firms - Law Society
Compensating solicitors for working overtime could doom firms operating on ‘zero profit margins’, Chancery Lane warns.
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NewsBlame game begins as Google Translate stands in for court interpreter
Barrister on hand to download translate app after defendant unable to communicate with court.
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NewsEmployment claims stayed by order following landmark fees ruling
Venerable employment lawyer Stefan Cross QC has dubbed the decision ‘extraordinary’ and ‘opaque’.
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NewsUnreported courts: Westminster magistrates shuts press room
Room was ‘little used’ despite being among country’s most high-profile courts.
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NewsJudge and counsel cross swords in 'astonishing' 15-week trial
'Rude and childish': Applications to appeal convictions are dismissed after judgment tells of acrimonious exchanges between bench and barristers.
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OpinionJustice is not a popularity contest
Reflecting on the Charlie Gard case, bar chair Andrew Langdon QC warns of the dangers of personalising the role of lawyers.
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OpinionNeuberger's distaste for executive fudge
Outgoing Supreme Court president is not demob-happy - he has form.
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NewsSip your drinks on entry, court users told
New rules will require court users to prove drinks are ’harmless’ before they enter court buildings.
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NewsFee-paid judges seek 'premium' for working unsocial hours
Part-time judges including solicitors are being surveyed by their representative body on flexible court plans.
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NewsWar of words on flexible courts rumbles on
Bar chair challenges senior judge over claim that critics of out-of-hours courts are ‘ill-informed’ - as the Law Society updates solicitors on talks with the courts service.
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NewsCampaign group hails landmark victory on tribunal access
DWP restrictions on access to social security appeals system declared unlawful.
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NewsAfghan child's plight exposes 'systemic failure' of immigration tribunal
Court judgment exposes failings of immigration tribunal.
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NewsJudge spearheading late-night courts confronts the critics
Fulford LJ insists no-one will have to work longer hours - and says the idea could ’fade into history’ if controversial pilots do not work.
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News'McKenzie students' have a role - but only under supervision, says professor
London South Bank University's Andy Unger concerned that Solicitors Qualifying Examination will not focus on the right skills.
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NewsGovernment confirms Northumbria courts shake-up
Solicitors fear proposals will sound the death knell for Newcastle Magistrates’ Court.
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NewsTribunal fee abolition is bad news for judicial deployment plan
More than 200 employment tribunal judges were assigned to the immigration and asylum chamber following the drop in workload.
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News'Dear Sam': Judge writes to 14-year-old to explain custody ruling
Mr Justice Peter Jackson gave family judgment in a letter read out to teenager’s parents.
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NewsShadow justice secretary calls for independent review of court fees
Richard Burgon says government ’cannot be trusted’ to carry out review itself.
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NewsSentencing code 'will save £255m', Law Commission predicts
Professor David Ormerod QC says judges will no longer need to dust off decades-old law.
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NewsSRA to ask judges to spill beans on solicitor advocates
Regulator coy on whether latest research could mark return of quality assurance scheme.