All Government & politics articles – Page 206
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NewsDigital plan for powers of attorney shelved
Ministry of Justice announces improvements in lasting power of attorney process – but no all-electronic route.
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NewsDomestic abuse law could be widened
Home Office consults on making coercive or controlling behaviour a criminal offence.
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OpinionArbitration should not be a cloak
Settling the e-borders fiasco in private has a cost beyond the £224m awarded to a contractor.
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NewsCourt should pay for lawyers where agency refuses – Munby
As a ‘last resort’, judges could order HMCTS to pay for lawyers and other experts to ensure fair trials in private law family cases.
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NewsQC aborts review of industrial relations law
Bruce Carr has blamed a ‘progressively politicised’ environment for his decision not to produce recommendations.
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NewsMoJ shuns ‘difficult issue’ of whiplash settlement ban
Government opts to ‘discourage’ insurers from settling whiplash claims without medical evidence.
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OpinionGrieve: conventional wisdom
Dominic Grieve should be applauded for putting commitment to the rule of law ahead of his party’s short-term political advantage.
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News‘Think again’ on mesothelioma, say MPs
Committee report also criticises openness and transparency of government’s negotiation with insurance industry.
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OpinionPraise legal aid; don’t bury it
The Legal Aid Agency and the Ministry of Justice have been silent on this week’s milestone.
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NewsLaw Society: HMRC debt recovery plan is ‘draconian’
HMRC says the measure - allowing it direct access to defaulters’ bank accounts - will help it recover £100m a year.
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NewsStarmer confirms bid to stand for Labour
The barrister and former director of public prosecutions will seek election in Holborn and St Pancras.
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NewsPublic supports legal aid, poll shows
Legal Action Group charity says public opinion has hardened against the government’s legal aid cuts.
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OpinionHappy 65th birthday, legal aid
Plans to cut legal aid in other European states echo reforms in the UK. But protests abound.
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NewsHeroes in short supply to rescue bill
The debate on the Sarah bill had a definite end-of-term feel.
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News‘Don’t put legal aid into retirement’
The modern legal aid system was created by the Attlee government in the Legal Advice and Assistance Act 1949.
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Aborted court building work costs almost £46m
Full cost of projects that never came to fruition was laid out in a written response to a question in the Commons last week.
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OpinionCall time on the law officers and lord chancellor
If the positions have become ceremonial and are not held by senior lawyers, is it time to abolish them?
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NewsLords agree ‘fundamental dishonesty’ clause
Courts will make an exception only if the claimant would suffer ‘substantial injustice’.