All Criminal justice articles – Page 29
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NewsCriminal bar begins 'historic' strike
Barristers escalate action over legal aid funding on day new prime minister is announced.
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NewsMagistrates' court staff to strike for nine days this month
PCS union has also served notice of a second ballot of members over the Common Platform.
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NewsRaab made 'direct request' for striking barristers' names, CBA claims
The MoJ says it is ‘categorically untrue’ that names were requested by Raab or department.
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NewsAxiom financial adviser faces March 2024 retrial
David Kennedy, 69, denies one count of fraudulent trading in relation to the Axiom Legal Financing Fund.
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OpinionWhen Crown court judges start to look young
The wheels of justice kept turning - just - on day one of the defence barristers’ indefinite walk-out.
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OpinionWhat lawyers read on the beach
Lawyers turned to a mixture of fiction and history when putting their feet up this summer.
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NewsCourt rejects firms' claims for cracked trial fees
Costs judge says fees are payable only when prosecution has to start again.
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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.