All Government & politics articles – Page 145
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Wills reform could turn people away from solicitors
Around 80 responses have been received so far to Law Commission consultation.
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Minister reveals schedule for discount rate reform
Lord Keen says the government is relying on market forces to bring motor insurance premiums down.
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Solicitor general to map public legal education efforts
Robert Buckland will identify 'just in time' and 'just in case' public legal education work.
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Union threatens industrial action over HMCTS job cuts
HM Courts & Tribunals Service says it will slash National Compliance and Enforcement Service staff by 60% over the next two years.
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Bar Conference: We don't accept your constraints, chair tells government
Andrew Langdon QC says treatment of profession ’borders on contempt’.
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Deprivation of liberty safeguards scheme 'increasingly unsustainable'
Government's interim response appears to support Law Commission's call to replace 'carousel-like process'.
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Whistleblowing: Harder but more crucial than ever
A culture of hostility towards whistleblowing and self-accountability will create a system with no public trust and confidence.
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MoJ to fix prisoner voting rights 'anomaly'
Lord chancellor says changes address points raised in 2005 Hirst judgment against total ban.
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Court service centres will deliver 'better bang for the taxpayers' buck'
Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent sites will handle phone and web enquiries for criminal, civil, family and tribunal cases.
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'Significant cultural shift' required to encourage more solicitor judges
House of Lords constitution committee says progress to increase judicial diversity has been slow.
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Grant bereaved families legal aid for inquest, Hillsborough adviser urges
The Right Revered James Jones says public bodies should stop spending limitless sums for their own representation.
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High Court dismisses seven-year legal aid contract fight
Mr Justice Coulson says case is an example of how not to conduct a public procurement challenge.
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Lack of inquest legal aid for bereaved families a 'false economy'
Government will review existing guidance following independent review of deaths in police custody.
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MoJ: tell us what you think of LASPO reforms
Ministry of Justice outlines details of long-awaited legal aid review.
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Employers should 'ban the box' over records disclosure, say MPs
Justice select committee says current criminal records disclosure system hampers rehabilitation.
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Opinion
Lidington is polished but no different to the rest
This week's legal aid announcement points to a lord chancellor in the same mould as his predecessors.
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Lidington sends glum message on legal aid, PI and employment
Lord chancellor appears before justice select committee to face questions on his role.
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Terror law watchdog warns against thought-crime
Max Hill QC says government should pause before adding more offences to an 'already long list'.
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Justice in jeopardy: government defies backlash to confirm 'reckless' legal aid cuts
Only 3% of over 1,000 responses to consultation on litigators graduated fee scheme supported MoJ proposals.
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HMCTS reveals details of extended court hours scheme
Testing will last for six months and is set to start in February as previously envisaged.