All Government & politics articles – Page 181
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OpinionLabour finally doing itself justice
It probably won’t win the public over, but Labour is openly wooing the legal profession.
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NewsLabour promises manifesto pledge on legal aid
'Queues are snaking out of MPs' surgeries of people who don't need to see their MP, they need to see a lawyer.'
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NewsLabour: human rights law should apply to troops abroad
Shadow justice secretary says party will challenge any move to exempt British forces from prosecutions.
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NewsGovernment caps public sector payoffs
Exit payments will be capped at £95,000, which could affect some judges.
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OpinionSeparation of powers, US-style
How a case involving dentists complicates the debate about splitting regulation from representation.
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NewsLSB outrage over IBA claim it is government-controlled
Chief executive says super-regulator takes decisions ‘without fear or favour from government’.
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NewsLabour delays justice review until summer 2017
Party’s justice spokesman commits to abolition of employment tribunal fees.
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NewsVirtual court pilot is ‘not fit for purpose’
Solicitor makes official complaint after duty court scheme pilot in Exeter.
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Opinion
Iraq invasion: Straw men
Politicians who led the UK into disastrous and illegal foreign wars face no sanction while ministers revel in the closure of a legal aid firm.
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News£400m government panel opens to bids
Crown Commercial Service has issued an invitation to tender for general legal services.
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NewsIBA 2016: TTIP ‘promotes rule of law’
US government in last-ditch efforts to save controversial free-trade treaties.
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NewsIBA 2016: ‘EU the sick man of Europe’
Former foreign secretary attacks ‘unhelpful belligerency’ in Brussels law following the Brexit vote.
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NewsLib Dems ‘regret’ coalition’s legal aid bonfire
Motion passed at party conference accepts that cuts created ‘advice deserts’.
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NewsSociety: fixed costs ‘totally inappropriate’ for high-value cases
Chancery Lane promises robust response to government’s ‘transforming justice’ proposals.
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OpinionBrexit: maintaining cross-border dispute regulations
Post-Brexit trade rules must not imperil more than £500bn of British business.
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NewsImmigration fees to soar despite overwhelming opposition
Only five out of 142 respondents agreed with Ministry of Justice proposals for a six-fold rise at first-tier tribunal.
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NewsTransforming justice: judges face pay and expenses curbs
Judges would have to give notice to quit and many will face pay and expenses curbs under plans to overhaul judicial working conditions.
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NewsTransforming justice: digital courts get green light in £1bn initiative
Online revolution will 'deliver a justice system that works for everyone', says Truss.
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NewsUS-style murder laws ‘would not be accepted’, MPs hear
Justice minister tells committee that creation of two-tier system would cause difficulties.