All Government & politics articles – Page 126
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Leasehold Reform Act 2019? Unlikely, commission warns
Law Commission warns frustrated leaseholders that parliament is under other pressures and doesn't rule out political backlash.
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On the move? Tory MP wants mobile magistrates' courts to compensate for closures
Victoria Prentis wants to pilot a scheme as her constituency gears up for another court closure.
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Revealed: law centre getting 60,000 calls a year was on brink of closure
A law centre which received over 60,000 calls for help and one million hits on its website last year was on the verge of closure for the second time in a decade, the Gazette has learned. South West London Law Centres faced potential insolvency and closure in 2008. In the ...
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'Clean sweep' of old sentencing law could save £250m
Law Commission says the public far too often are not getting clear, transparent and fair judgments.
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Lords condemn ‘abusive’ probate ‘death-tax’
Secondary Legislation Committee says charges have ’the appearance of a tax’.
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CCMS crisis: domestic violence victims advised to represent themselves
Legal Aid Agency says it is aware of 'issues around performance' as family solicitor highlights devastating consequences.
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Let’s talk about it: LCJ plans ‘morale boosting’ chats with judges
Hundreds of millions of pounds needed to improve the ‘embarrassing’ courts estate, Lord Burnett tells MPs.
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Lords send a Henry VIII warning to government
Use of delegated powers to create criminal offences ‘constitutionally objectionable’, committee reports.
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Parliament urged to create all encompassing 'failure to prevent' law
Sir Brian Leveson and Lisa Osofsky say extension would be in the public interest.
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UN poverty envoy laments ‘gutting’ of legal aid in austerity report
Professor Philip Alston sas the government remains in a state of denial.
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Disclosure action 'must address lack of remuneration'
Law Society and Bar Council welcome fees recognition in the attorney general's review.
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Peers block suspension of barrister Lord Lester
House of Lords accepts motion put forward by Lord Lester’s chambers colleague David Pannick QC.
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'This ends now': attorney general publishes action plan to tackle disclosure failures
Geoffrey Cox QC MP says he will hold criminal justice chiefs to account if they do not deliver.
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UK to pay 'due regard' to CJEU case law following Brexit
Draft EU withdrawal deal promises independent arbitration and recognition of professional qualifications.
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Government has ‘will’ to make Euro patent court work
Intellectual property minister confident of retaining UK’s place in proposed court.
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CPS braces for 'no deal' Brexit by hiring extra lawyers
Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill QC says UK withdrawal from the EU could affect many cases.
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Housing court back on government agenda
Communities secretary James Brokenshire says proposals will ensure tenants and landlords can access justice.
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MPs to probe if NDAs are concealing pregnancy discrimination or racist abuse
Maria Miller, chair of the Commons women and equalities committee, says their deployment in sexual harassment cases is only part of the picture.
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Failing courts: Defendant walked 12 miles on unlit road at night to get home
Shropshire advocates say their concerns about court changes have fallen on deaf ears.
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