All Criminal justice articles – Page 35
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NewsMoJ to fast-track criminal legal aid fee increase
Government announcement comes three days after criminal barristers commenced strike action.
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NewsSanctions on strikers 'could be unlawful'
Criminal Bar Association highlights ECHR defence against any application for wasted costs or disciplinary action.
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NewsAG accused of ‘general attack’ on juries in Colston Four case
Court of Appeal asked to give guidance on criminal damage cases following acquittals.
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NewsSolicitors mull court walkouts over legal aid
Criminal defence lawyers unhappy about the government's reform package are already refusing to take on poorly paid work.
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NewsNew laws urgently needed to control facial recognition
Biometric technologies raise significant legal and ethical concerns around privacy and free expression, legal review concludes.
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OpinionPro bono left to pick up the slack
Attempting to fill the gap left by an exodus of lawyers from the criminal justice system is an impossible task.
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NewsContempt law under spotlight at government request
Development of the law of contempt has been unsystematic, Law Commission notes.
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OpinionSetting the record straight on barristers' pay
The public would be alarmed to know how much legal aid lawyers actually earn.
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NewsPhil Shiner pleads not guilty to fraud over Iraqi civilians claims
The 65-year-old, from Birmingham, appeared remotely at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today.
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NewsIn pictures: Lawyers take action across the country
Barristers and solicitors join picket lines outside courts in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol and Cardiff.
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NewsCriminal bar reassured over disciplinary proceedings risk
Hundreds of barristers expected to participate in first court walkout next week over government's legal aid reforms.
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NewsPhil Shiner charged with fraud over Iraqi civilians claims
Former human rights lawyer, 65, due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
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NewsSilks accuse LCJ of 'intimidating' lawyers over court walkouts
QCs say independent office of lord chief justice risks being seen as doing job of a partisan enforcer for the government.
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NewsLCJ warns barristers over court walkouts
Judges told to refer non-attendances to senior presiding judge, who will consider whether to involve Bar Standards Board.
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NewsAxiom solicitor hid ‘ill-gotten gains’ after call from reporter, court hears
Timothy Schools, 61, said to have received ‘just over £19.5m’ from the Axiom Legal Financing Fund.
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NewsSolicitors encouraged to join bar picket line
London practitioner group says it stands with colleagues at the criminal bar in legal aid fight.
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NewsFootball box was a business expense, Axiom fund solicitor tells jurors
Timothy Schools tells court that £45,000 Blackpool FC box was for ‘corporate hospitality’.
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NewsCriminal legal aid fees will increase 'by end of September'
Justice minister James Cartlidge tells Gazette statutory legislation will hopefully be laid before 21 July.
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News'Comprehensive strategy' needed to replace flawed courts reform
Modernisation will fail unless the 'knowledge gap' is tackled first, thinktank concludes.
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NewsAxiom fund set up to fill legal aid ‘black hole’, court hears
Defence case begins in criminal trial following collapse of £120m legal financing fund.