All Government & politics articles – Page 6
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NewsBarristers to quit RASSO work, survey suggests
Barristers cite poor pay and emotional exhaustion for wanting to quit rape and serious sexual offences work.
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OpinionLawyers should embrace government commitment to improving court productivity
Spending can only ever be part of the answer when it comes to fixing the courts crisis.
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NewsCourt interpreting system 'poses significant risk to justice'
House of Lords report reveals worrying disconnect between what the government hopes is happening and what frontline practitioners are reporting.
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NewsTrump reverses order after firm ditches DEI policies
Embattled law firm Paul, Weiss vows merit-based hiring, ethics overhaul and support for president’s justice agenda.
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OpinionGrandfather in law – peace at last
A legal round-up of the week, across the United States and Europe.
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NewsLawyers welcome removal of judges from assisted dying role
Judge-appointed panel of three people would approve end-of-life requests.
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NewsGovernment finds £1.5m for lawtech injection
Lawtech has fundamentally changed and is changing the legal services market for the better, minister tells conference.
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NewsPeers to probe state of rule of law
Inquiry 'seeking to understand the rule of law as a constitutional principle and what the state of the rule of law is in the UK'.
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OpinionSwifter justice relies on radical reforms
The idea of prisoners tackling their addictions in prison and working to earn their release is politically attractive. But the flaws are obvious.
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NewsGovernment hiring lawyers for Post Office scandal response
Minister confirms government will take some responsibility for redress schemes away from Post Office.
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NewsLawyers attack political backlash over sentencing guidance
Guidance tells courts to consider pre-sentence report if offender is from an ethnic, cultural or faith minority community.
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NewsLAA pays out £21m on 7,000 'inactive' cases
Legal Aid Agency could commence process to recoup cash if providers fail to submit a final bill.
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NewsMoJ seeks views on private prosecution reform
Lord chancellor Shabana Mahmood says 'recent catastrophic failures in private prosecutions highlight current system is open to abuse'.
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News'Beginning of the end' of leasehold: Commonhold white paper published
Proposals take forward ‘the majority’ of the Law Commission’s 2020 recommendations on reinvigorating commonhold.
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OpinionBattle royal for our crown jewels
The UK is in an unfortunate position: large AI models, whose training the government is seeking to regulate, are predominantly US-developed and owned.
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News'Get on with it': peers tell MoJ to make pre-nuptial agreements binding
Prominent peers back pre-nuptial agreements entering the statute book but opinion is divided on judicial discretion.
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OpinionThe case for a written constitution
James Wilson reviews 'Repairing British Politics: A Blueprint for Constitutional Change (2nd edition)'.
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NewsCovid inquiry to consider impact on justice sector workers
Coalition of membership bodies representing law centre, housing and legal aid lawyers granted core participation status.