All Government & politics articles – Page 187
-
NewsSpending review: Osborne raises PI small claims limit to £5k
Chancellor says savings will be passed on to motorists in lower insurance premiums.
-
NewsSpending review: green light for £700m courts upgrade
Chancellor reveals funding will be found from the programme to close 91 courts across England and Wales.
-
NewsLabour to set up human rights taskforce
Opposition leader calls for policies that will be ‘ready to go’ for 2020.
-
NewsTreasury defends £500k magic circle bill for Eurostar transfer
MP says government was paying for ‘Rolls-Royce service’ and questions tender process.
-
FeatureA life in service
Strapped for cash and in the public eye, the DPP and Treasury Solicitor have the toughest legal jobs in the civil service. Grania Langdon-Down spoke to Alison Saunders and Jonathan Jones about how they manage
-
NewsGovernment panel review set to slash legal spend
The government has deferred a review of its legal panel arrangements pending a procurement overhaul expected to result in big savings to its £250m fee bill.
-
NewsSociety calls for parliamentary probe of legal aid contracts
President Jonathan Smithers asks justice and public accounts select committees to investigate tender process urgently.
-
NewsMPs call for immediate abolition of courts charge
Justice committee says it has ’grave misgivings’ about the operation of the charge.
-
NewsShadow solicitor general in alleged conflict probe
Labour MP Karl Turner is subject of an inquiry by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.
-
NewsGove ready to deregulate legal services market 'in the near future'
Justice secretary previously bemoaned the danger of regulators ‘falling over each other’s feet’.
-
NewsSmall claims limit action to be included in fraud report
Justice minister also hints the three-year limitation period for making a whiplash claim could be re-examined.
-
NewsLand Registry privatisation back on – reports
A £1bn-plus sale of Land Registry was shelved last year but chancellor George Osborne is understood to have revived the plan.
-
OpinionTime for a legal aid truce
The government has bought itself time to come up with a new strategy.
-
Opinion
Losing the ‘golden thread’ of justice
The presumption of innocence is surely in intensive care.
-
NewsSociety calls for independent review of duty contract procurement
Chancery Lane wants ‘thorough appraisal’ of criminal tender process.
-
NewsMoJ to publish impact of reforms on civil legal aid
Permanent secretary Richard Heaton says three research projects have been carried out.
-
News‘Lobbying tsar’ fires warning to legal firms on new register
So far only one traditional law firm – magic circle outfit Clifford Chance – has joined the register of consultant lobbyists since it opened in March.
-
OpinionBeware of the lobbying tsar
Law firms which fail to register as lobbyists could face criminal sanctions.
-
FeatureLegal aid contracts: start again
After botching the criminal tender process, the Legal Aid Agency must work with the profession to facilitate market consolidation.
-
NewsAbandoned MoJ outsourcing project cost £8.7m
Department opted to abandon policy of finding single contractor for court fine collection.