All Criminal justice articles – Page 26
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News'Crunch time': Society tells Hunt to protect justice spending
Law Society highlights importance of legal aid for those hit by cost of living crisis ahead of autumn statement.
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NewsMilitant solicitors better than quiet quitters, Society tells MPs
Chancery Lane's justice chief says prospect of industrial action shows practitioners desperately want to continue doing legal aid work.
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NewsLegal aid: Firm paid £1,387 less than psychologist it instructed
House of Commons justice select committee hears directly from frontline solicitor on remuneration issues.
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FeatureReporting restrictions in criminal courts: updated guidance
Reporting restrictions are a complex and easily misunderstood area of law.
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NewsSolicitors to update MPs on legal aid crisis
The Law Society and Criminal Law Solicitors' Association will give evidence to the justice committee.
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NewsCourt hearing adjourned after firm faced six-week wait to see prisoner
London Criminal Courts Solicitors' Association is gathering examples of 'dire state' of legal visits at HMP Pentonville.
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NewsCommission urges reform of 'ineffective' confiscation regime
Codification of case law accumulated under Proceeds of Crime Act among proposals.
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NewsNews focus: MPs deliver blueprint for open justice
As MPs set out a bold vision for open justice incorporating AI transcription and court documents available via a digital portal, Sir Bob Neill declares that such access is ‘our democratic right’.
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OpinionThe Prisons Memory Archive: A Case Study in Filmed Memory of Conflict
Edited by Jolene Mairs Dyer, Conor McCafferty, Cahal McLaughlin.
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NewsNew powers for forensic science regulator by end of March
Statutory code will create 'the ultimate power of prohibition'.
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News'Hillsborough Law' on the agenda of new parliamentary group
Campaigners renew calls for statutory duty of candour as they continue to wait for Hillsborough report response.
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News'Resourcing' required to achieve 53,000 backlog target, DPP tells MPs
Justice committee hears that increase in judicial sitting days would result in fewer lawyers being available to prosecute cases.
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OpinionBroadcasting of sentencing is a landmark for open justice
The digital age presents opportunities that allow the justice system to be given the political and public attention it deserves.
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NewsImprove access to court judgments, MPs tell HMCTS
Reducing reliance on commercial legal publishers one of several justice committee recommendations on open justice.
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NewsRaab's return fuels legal aid funding fears
Ministry of Justice is due to publish full response to Bellamy review next month.
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NewsJudges presiding over 'institutionally racist' justice system - report
Over half of 373 legal professionals said they witnessed at least one judge acting in a racially biased way.
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NewsSolicitors will benefit from legal aid reforms, Lewis insists
Lord chancellor defiant after being grilled by opposition MPs on solicitors' fees.