All Government & politics articles – Page 128
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NewsI don't need a legal adviser, CPS chief tells MPs
Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill QC says it is not his job to take casework decisions.
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OpinionHacked off with the courts
The High Court is correct to throw out a judicial review of the government’s decision on the Leveson inquiry.
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NewsBrexit: MPs demand answers to justice concerns ahead of 'meaningful vote'
Conservative MP Bob Neill says significant questions put the global reputation of the legal services sector at risk.
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NewsCourts Bill: judges will decide what powers they farm out, says Gauke
Opposition raises concerns about qualification requirements of authorised staff taking on judicial tasks.
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NewsLeasehold 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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NewsOn 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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NewsRevealed: 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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News'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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NewsLords condemn ‘abusive’ probate ‘death-tax’
Secondary Legislation Committee says charges have ’the appearance of a tax’.
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NewsCCMS 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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NewsLet’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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NewsLords send a Henry VIII warning to government
Use of delegated powers to create criminal offences ‘constitutionally objectionable’, committee reports.
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NewsParliament 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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NewsUN 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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NewsDisclosure action 'must address lack of remuneration'
Law Society and Bar Council welcome fees recognition in the attorney general's review.
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NewsPeers 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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News'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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NewsUK 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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NewsGovernment has ‘will’ to make Euro patent court work
Intellectual property minister confident of retaining UK’s place in proposed court.
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NewsCPS 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.