All Government & politics articles – Page 135
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NewsSolicitors told about vulnerable prisoners policy - five months after it was introduced
Criminal defence practitioners told not to speak to too many prisoners on visits to police cells.
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News'Dishonest' and 'deluded': MP accuses Day to his face in parliament
Extraordinary exchanges in defence committee hearing as MPs demand apology from Leigh Day's senior partner.
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NewsNew Year honours: profession recognised for achievements
Former Law Society president Robert Heslett receives CBE for services to access to justice.
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NewsBureaucracy jeopardising community sentence efforts - justice thinktank
Report into the relationship between probation and the courts makes 15 recommendations to address 'fraying' trust.
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NewsTreasury gives MoJ £30m to prepare for Brexit
Ministry of Justice says the cash will be spent preparing for every eventuality as further details emerge of 'no deal' plans.
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NewsIt's official: Royal Assent for whiplash reforms
Two pieces of legislation came into law today, transforming the personal injury sector.
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NewsDivorce law consultation attracts at least 600 responses
Justice secretary David Gauke says there is broad support to scrap the fault-based system.
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NewsPressure ramped up as lords voice regret at probate 'stealth tax'
House approves statutory instrument but passes motion criticising plans.
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NewsSuper-regulator puts SRA chief on spot over Leigh Day probe
Legal services watchdogs have called into question the SRA’s handling of the failed Leigh Day investigation, after correspondence revealed that the regulator liaised closely with government throughout the probe. A spokesperson for the Legal Services Board said its chief executive Neil Buckley has raised the issue verbally in meetings with ...
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NewsGovernment to draw up harassment 'code of practice'
Response to Women and Equalities Committee recommends consulting over non-disclosure agreements.
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NewsGovernment opts against zero-hours contract ban
Biggest overhaul for ‘20 years’ hands new powers to tribunals but does not outlaw zero hours contracts.
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OpinionLASPO review: have your say
The Ministry of Justice's report won't be out until early next year now. Share your views on what it should say.
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NewsLASPO review publication delayed again to early 2019
Review was originally supposed to have been completed by April 2018.
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NewsSix months too long to finalise a divorce, bar warns
Ministry of Justice believes its proposal will give couples sufficient time to consider the implications of splitting up.
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NewsAdvocate for bereaved won't fill the legal aid gap, says bar
Bar Council says families need independent legal services to participate fully in inquests and inquiries.
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NewsCourt security staff reporting harassment, says HMCTS chief
Susan Acland-Hood has been responding to complaints about entry checks and confiscations.
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NewsRestore legal aid for separating couples, MoJ urged
Law Society says digitising the divorce application process and 'hoping for the best' isn't enough.
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NewsGovernment embarks on wider criminal legal aid review
Justice minister Lucy Frazer says she wants criminal defence to remain a sustainable career.
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NewsLaw Commission seeks to jump-start commonhold demand
Professor Nick Hopkins hails once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink property ownership.
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Shares in key justice outsourcer slump amid rescue talks
Shares in outsourcer Interserve, the biggest provider of probation services in England and Wales, collapsed this morning after the company revealed it is in rescue talks. Interserve, which has debts of £500m, is planning a debt for equity swap which will dilute existing stakes. In early trading the shares fell ...