All Government & politics articles – Page 217
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Opinion
Criminal cases: losing the true rate
Pay in criminal legal aid is at pre-1970 levels – and the senior judiciary and the bar are complicit in the ruin being visited on solicitor firms.
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NewsLegal privilege safeguard for lobbyist register
Cabinet Office sets out proposals to ‘guarantee the long-standing confidentiality of such protected material’.
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NewsGrayling did not act improperly over reforms, court told
Mr Justice Burnett reserves judgment in judicial review, indicating it will be given by the end of the month.
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FeatureCitizenship education versus ‘British values’
Demands on schools to promote British values could damage the ability of young people to understand a multi-cultural democracy.
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NewsReforms challenge opens with attack on Grayling
HIgh Court hears that lord chancellor became personally involved in 'caricature' consultation.
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NewsInsurance lawyers call for more ‘robust’ heroism bill
Committee session also hears concerns from claimant lawyers about proposed legislation.
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NewsWoolf to head historic child abuse inquiry
Appointment is the latest hot seat for Lord Mayor, former Law Society president and City firm partner.
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NewsLand Registry chief announces departure
Ed Lester to leave next year following government’s rebuff of ‘service delivery company’ plan.
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NewsCall to keep UK legal sector competitive
Government must act now to maintain the UK’s competitiveness and retains its position as a global leader for legal services, says Law Society deputy vice-president.
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NewsUK minister in new bid to crack India's legal market
Shailesh Vara’s free trade mission is not the first, with progress toward liberalisation apparently stalled.
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NewsFurther delay to discount rate decision
Currently 2.5% is discounted from large settlements, usually involving medical negligence.
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OpinionWhen planning drives local government
It would be a mistake to let planning law drive the shape of London’s local democracy.
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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.