All Government & politics articles – Page 71
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NewsLegal aid for Windrush victims 'would save taxpayer money'
Legal thinktank says direct engagement between caseworkers and legal representatives would reduce errors and delays.
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OpinionSecrets and spies
Ministers rejected call for greater oversight of UK’s Secret Intelligence Service after foreign agent crossed ‘red lines’, Sir Brian Leveson tells the Gazette.
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NewsDefence solicitors fire back at Raab over guilty plea accusation
Lord chancellor criticised 'widespread practice' of defendants being encouraged to wait until court to decide plea.
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NewsSunak's millions will cut case backlog by just 7,000, government admits
Minister tells parliament that the Crown court backlog will stand at 53,000 by March 2025.
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NewsRaab promises scorecards by Christmas
Lord chancellor says publishing performance data will improve effectiveness of the justice system.
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NewsLegal aid practitioners to retain choice over court-assessed bills
Ministry of Justice decides to continue hybrid system until November 2022 following unanimous response to consultation.
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NewsOpen justice reminder for judges after reporters barred from court
Bureau of Investigative Journalism report prompts master of the rolls to write to all civil judges.
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NewsGovernment asks for lawyers’ role to be left out of Post Office inquiry
Preliminary hearing reveals that BEIS has said sub-postmasters should seek redress another way.
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NewsParents could face costs order for clogging up family court
Dominic Raab reportedly drawing up plans to bolster mediation by making it the default in most cases.
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ProfileMy legal life: Kelby Harmes, Attorney General’s Office
Director and deputy head of the Attorney General’s Office, London.
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NewsGLD wants to increase diversity target at senior levels
Deputy director says 26.8% of department have declared themselves to be from an ethnic minority background.
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NewsDefenders of judicial review plead their case to MPs
Law Society says reforms will remove basic requirement of an effective justice system.
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NewsSleaze row: Paterson vote ‘completely undermines trust’, says ex-government legal chief
Sir Jonathan Jones QC slams 'dysfunctional' system for regulating MPs, while ex-lord chancellor Lord Falconer berates law officer 'stooges'.
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NewsFifteenth time lucky: advice clinic's legal aid struggle revealed
Solicitor tells Pro Bono Week event that free advice relies on fully funded legal aid sector.
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NewsLAA ordered to apologise to law centre for 'unreasonable delays'
Parliamentary ombudsman says agency's failure to address unfairness was maladministration.
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NewsScottish legal aid row escalates after solicitor 'removed from court building'
Public war of words breaks out between bar association and Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.
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News30 minutes free: LAA tackles immigration detainee discrepancy
Solicitor who successfully challenged absence of equal provision says change does not go far enough.
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OpinionLawyers to the barricades
The reputation of the profession is at stake where lawyers are identified with their clients’ interests. The Law Society must protect us against unjustified attack.