All Criminal justice articles – Page 54
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NewsCriminal bar awaits decision on legal aid ballot
Practitioner group tells the Gazette ‘the ball remains in the MoJ’s court’, but government says no response before end of March.
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NewsDuty solicitor data lays bare looming crisis
Several English counties have no duty solicitors aged under 35, Law Society research shows.
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News'This is a lie': Criminal bar accuses Raab over legal aid demand
Lord chancellor had said government was bound by public law obligations and strike action would be irresponsible.
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NewsConvicted prosecutor claims CPS colleagues shared confidential files
Scott Ainge appears before tribunal following earlier conviction for searching ex-wife’s partner’s record.
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NewsNo lawyers referred to SRA over collapsed SFO prosecution, MPs told
SFO director Lisa Osofsky denies there is a ‘systemic failure’ in relation to disclosure by the watchdog.
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NewsRushing legal aid reform 'opens us up to legal challenges', claims Raab
Ministers defend timetable for responding to review but say some reforms in short term are 'hypothetically possible'.
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NewsSFO’s disclosure failings to be probed by former High Court judge
Sir David Calvert-Smith will review what went wrong in the SFO’s prosecution of a former Unaoil executive, attorney general announces.
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News'We did not panic': minister hails progress on courts backlog
James Cartlidge MP says government expects to make significant steps during the next financial year.
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NewsA royal out-of-commission
Has the government set a new record for looking at looking in to an issue?
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NewsStill no start date for royal commission
Justice minister tells peers the government is ‘still focused, in due course, [on] having a royal commission on criminal justice’.
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NewsLatest MoJ figures reveal continuing legal aid decline
Dominic Raab has less than a week to commit to funding increase or face potential strike action by the criminal bar.
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NewsCriminal firm’s administration extended as £5.4m debts revealed
Former employees of One Legal had opposed application to extend administration to 2023.
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OpinionCriminal legal aid response is too important to rush
The government must take its time to get the proposals right.
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NewsJustice minister defends legal aid timetable
James Cartlidge MP says response to independent review is too important to rush.
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NewsRecovered billions could support ‘under-resourced’ law enforcement, report suggests
Anti-corruption charity calls for ‘economic crime fighting fund’ - anda model litigant code for lawyers to stamp out 'abusive tactics'.
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NewsMagistrates told to stay silent as lawyers mount 'disrespectful' attacks
National leadership magistrate discussed negative reaction to sentencing powers increase with lord chief justice.
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News'Unwarranted hostility': Magistrates' chief fires back at critics
Bev Higgs says reaction to sentencing power increase 'disappointing' as government seeks to recruit 4,000 new magistrates.
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NewsNews focus: Criminal barristers are poised for action over pay - what about solicitors?
The criminal bar will not wait any longer for the lord chancellor to pump more money into legal aid. Solicitors are uniting behind barrister colleagues, but Dominic Raab appears in no mood to budge.
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