All Government & politics articles – Page 104
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OpinionWill judges fill this moral vacuum?
Judges face a dilemma as the government attacks the rule of law.
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NewsJudicial review probe extends deadline to submit evidence
Lawyers have an extra week to submit evidence to Independent Review of Administrative Law panel.
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NewsLords savage government for violating international law
Government has failed to provide satisfactory justification for violations, says Lords Constitution Committee in damning report.
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NewsAppeal courts to have 'final say' post-Brexit transition
Government decides to grant highest appeal courts the power to depart from retained EU case law.
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NewsBuckland defends ‘extraordinary’ Brexit bill
Lord chancellor insists he would challenge the government if it crossed 'unacceptable' line.
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NewsNew justice clinic to help Windrush victims with compensation claims
Solicitors say people are intimidated by the Home Office's 18-page application form and evidence requirements.
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NewsConveyancing bill would impose minimum standards
Conservative MP Marco Longhi claims solicitors are not always highlighting potential downsides to a residential purchase.
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News'Activist lawyers' row: government silent on alleged knife attack
Sunday newspaper says a man allegedly threatened to kill an immigration solicitor last month.
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NewsHMCTS: don't come to court if you have Covid
HM Courts & Tribunals Service acknowledges that public health legislation permits court users to come out of self-isolation.
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OpinionCulture clubbed
Though governed by the most authoritarian government in recent history, fiction must be maintained that real power lies elsewhere: the legal profession.
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NewsBuckland: united Wales and England 'best for the law'
Lord chancellor tells Legal Wales Conference that there is a debate to be had about devolution.
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OpinionLawyer MPs have stopped lawyering - maybe they should start again
The list of politicians with a sideline in law is much smaller than you would imagine.
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NewsBangladeshi solicitors shaken by 'lefty lawyers' attack
Lawyers from all jurisdictions denounce Priti Patel and Boris Johnson's attacks on profession.
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NewsBrexit legislation could put judges on 'collision course' with government
Former Supreme Court president says lawyers will go to court if UK Internal Market Bill gets through parliament.
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NewsLegal aid solicitors 'threatened' after Mail on Sunday article
Duncan Lewis says its lawyers are receiving threatening messages for simply trying to do their job.
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NewsGovernment to review Human Rights Act
Lord chancellor Robert Buckland says details of independent probe will be announced in due course.
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NewsJohnson opens new front in war on ‘lefty lawyers’
Criminal justice system 'hamstrung', prime minister tells Conservative Party conference.
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NewsStricter safeguards needed around private prosecutions, say MPs
Post Office scandal reveals ‘danger of the power to prosecute being misused’, justice committee warns.
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NewsBar Council urges government lawyers to feed back on judicial review
A call for evidence was issued by the Independent Review of Administrative Law last month.
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OpinionHow to reconcile the Supreme Court with politics?
US method by which its Supreme Court justices are appointed may be unedifying, but it is democratic.