All Government & politics articles – Page 128
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NewsHousing court back on government agenda
Communities secretary James Brokenshire says proposals will ensure tenants and landlords can access justice.
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NewsMPs 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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NewsFailing 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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NewsMoJ sets minimum standards to improve probation performance
MPs say government response is mostly positive but are worried proposed reforms do not go far enough.
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NewsCo-op Legal claims to get divorce process down to eight weeks
The alternative business structure is participating in two HM Courts & Tribunals Service pilots.
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NewsGauke: we need to tackle diversity gap in senior law firm roles
Justice secretary says there are fewer women in the pipeline of candidates to join the judiciary.
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Employment tribunal fees may be resurrected, MoJ confirms
‘Proportionate and progressive’ fee system will be reintroduced, says permsec Heaton.
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NewsGovernment backs property logbooks to speed conveyancing
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government wants more information to be provided up front to ease a homebuying process that takes 'a hell of a long time'.
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NewsJudges' pensions: dispute could run long into 2019, court hears
Dispute over transitional pension provisions being heard by Lord Justice Longmore, Sir Colin Rimer and Sir Patrick Elias this week.
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NewsNeill tells government: no shame in admitting we went too far on legal aid
Politicians make impassioned pleas during three-hour Westminster Hall debate.
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NewsMoJ denies £1.1bn overspend amid fresh budget woes
National Audit Office report suggests the department would fail to meet a target to reduce its spending by £500m by 2019-20.
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NewsJustice Week: funding cuts 'way out of step'
Bar Council report shows that government expenditure has grown between 2008 and 2018.
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OpinionNDAs and burdens of being a gatekeeper
The use of NDAs in an employment setting raises that modern scourge of our profession: decision-makers wanting to get at our clients’ behaviour through us.
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NewsGauke targets Hain over parliamentary privilege
Lord chancellor stresses the importance of respecting the rule of law.
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NewsJustice minister tight-lipped on LASPO review cash
Lucy Frazer stresses the importance of looking to the future at latest meeting of the all-party parliamentary group on legal aid.
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OpinionBudget comment: 'IR35 on steroids' deferred
The legal sector will welcome several announcements from chancellor Philip Hammond today.
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NewsBudget: no end to austerity for justice
Chancellor announces £300m reduction in MoJ’s day-to-day spending and a six-fold cut in capital budget.
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NewsCriminal justice system 'really creaking', warns outgoing CPS chief
Alison Saunders, who steps down as director of public prosecutions this week, criticised for not speaking out earlier.
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NewsMoJ was warned about court reform risks in 2016
Management consultants pointed to other countries' less ambitious reforms - which were plagued with problems.