All Government & politics articles – Page 9
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News'You are not saving money by cutting sitting days,' LCJ tells MPs
Cases ready to be heard are being taken out of lists, salaried judges are not sitting and fee-paid judges are having their bookings cancelled.
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NewsWarning over lord chancellor's 'above-inflation legal aid fee increase'
Law firm hints at further legal action if new rates fail to resolve crisis in immigration and asylum legal aid sector.
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NewsData drive to reveal 'hidden costs' of legal aid work
Practitioner groups wants to show government the current legal aid scheme is unnecessarily complex and bureaucratic.
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NewsAG's guidance to government lawyers 'unconstitutional', thinktank argues
Revised 'legal risk guidelines' would give attorney general a veto over a wide range of policy decisions, claims Policy Exchange paper.
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NewsIn focus: Budget blues for law centres and small firms
After Rachel Reeves’ budget announcement of a rise in employers’ national insurance, cash-strapped law centres and small firms are agonising over how to absorb thousands in extra staff costs.
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NewsMore ‘dither and delay’? Government issues timetable for leasehold reform
’Ambitious’ Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill will be brought forward late next year.
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NewsCourt interpreting inquiry: government contractor corrects profit 'assumption'
Global managing director tells inquiry thebigword makes a cashflow profit of 2 pence in every £1 from Ministry of Justice payments.
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NewsLaw centre group takes £33k hit from employer NI hike
South West London chief says it would be 'wonderful' if charities were to be exempted from chancellor's tax raid.
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OpinionEnsuring the regulator is properly regulated
The SRA is in danger of losing the trust and confidence of the entire profession. How can proper regulation take place in such circumstances?
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NewsBadenoch takes aim at public law 'burden'
Rule of law does not mean having ever more laws to rule us, new Conservative leader says.
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NewsKemi Badenoch appears at the Post Office Inquiry
The Post Office Inquiry has gone on so long that Kemi Badenoch, a junior minister when it started, is now leader of the opposition.
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OpinionAssisted dying bill: there is much in the debate that frustrates
Bill introduced by Kim Leadbeater MP stands the strongest chance yet of effecting a change in the law.
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News'Capacity' concerns over assisted dying bill
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, introduced by backbencher Kim Leadbeater MP, has been promised parliamentary time by the government.
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NewsJustice secretary's legal aid advisers call for action on fees
Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board says situation has deteriorated since 2021 Bellamy review called for urgent uplift.
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NewsFormer LCJ on Gauke's sentencing review panel
Lord Burnett of Maldon is among those supporting former Conservative lord chancellor as review issues call for evidence.
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NewsJustice secretary finds extra cash for criminal legal aid
Lord chancellor announces £18.5m for police station work and £5.1m for youth court fees.
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NewsMemory lane
Lords urged to throw out HIPs, legal advice for Princess Diana, obscenity and the law and working mothers: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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OpinionTrump, ESG and lawyers
A first take on how a Trump presidency may affect lawyers’ work, including here in the UK.
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NewsCourtroom closures prompt fresh criminal justice despair
Fewer courtrooms operating at Woolwich Crown Court this week due to three judges being on leave.
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OpinionThe power of pro bono
Pro bono work taught me how to advocate, how to give my clients a voice and how to seek redress. It taught me how to be a lawyer.