All Criminal justice articles – Page 17
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NewsParalegals and postponements: Crown courts muddle through
As the criminal bar’s full-blown strike gets under way, the Gazette reports from the front line at Wood Green and Southwark.
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NewsSettlement close? Criminal bar chief delivers farewell message
Jo Sidhu QC hails 'turning point' as continuous strike over legal aid funding effectively begins today.
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OpinionLabour must stand shoulder to shoulder with the criminal bar
The justice system has been held together by the goodwill of those working in it for far too long.
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NewsSwiss lawyer faces SDT over US ‘pump and dump’ conviction
Matthew Ledvina pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud in 2019.
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NewsPwC and EY awarded extra £1m costs for private prosecution work
Five barristers also receive higher fees for legal expenses insurer’s criminal case.
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NewsSolicitors face three-hour round trip to stop Devon duty scheme collapsing
Legal Aid Agency seeks to bolster numbers covering Barnstaple but acknowledges travel will be an issue.
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NewsEx-magic circle solicitor’s insider dealing trial facing long strike delay
Judge tells counsel that the bar's action has thrown the court diary into 'complete disarray'.
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NewsMore advocacy rights? Solicitors 'already stretched to breaking point'
Law Society says 15% fee uplift across the board still needed if government wants more lawyers in Crown court.
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NewsChaos as bail and adjournment applications flood Crown court
Lack of guidance blamed for difficulties as barristers prepare to escalate their protest action over legal aid rates.
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NewsBar strike: More solicitors could be granted advocacy rights
Justice secretary Dominic Raab reportedly considering ways to let non-barristers represent clients in Crown court.
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OpinionAnti-social behaviour injunctions are a great unknown
We simply don’t know how many injunctions are applied for, how many are issued and breached, and what happens to those judged to have breached them.
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NewsAttack on bar strike is a smokescreen for courts energy crisis, says Labour
Shadow justice secretary says cost of heating and powering crumbling buildings has soared in the past five years.
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NewsCriminal bar 'holding justice to ransom' - lord chancellor
Escalation of action over legal aid funding is 'needless and indefensible', Dominic Raab writes in the Daily Mail.
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NewsSolicitors 'cannot strike but they'll continue to quit' over legal aid
Law Society says members are in the same boat as barristers and see no future in criminal defence work.
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NewsAll out: barristers vote overwhelmingly for full-blown strike
New prime minister will face criminal justice headache as court backlog set to get considerably worse.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency rota demonstrates duty solicitor decline
Latest figures prompt Law Society to renew call for government to implement 15% fee increase across all areas of criminal legal aid.
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NewsCV fraudster must repay some wages, Supreme Court rules
Case raised important issue on the confiscation regime laid down by the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
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News'End foolish and misguided strike', law firm chief tells criminal bar
Midlands practice says it is recruiting in-house counsel to ensure defendants are represented.
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NewsProtestor 'convicted behind closed doors' plans to sue Metropolitan Police
Dania Al-Obeid was arrested, detained and charged after attending a vigil for Sarah Everard last year.
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NewsVeteran solicitor struck off for giving cash to clients in custody
Criminal defence solicitor Derek Hayward, 70, admits dishonestly passing money to four clients.