All Government & politics articles – Page 135
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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.
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NewsJudges to get 2% annual pay rise
Lord chancellor David Gauke says the increase is the biggest in a decade.
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News'Tragedy' for UK to miss out on European patent court, say lawyers
Uncertainty remains over whether or not the UK can participate in Unified Patent Court after Brexit.
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NewsCivil Liability Bill clears final Commons hurdle
Government 'has made it clear that it doesn’t care about injured people' - APIL.