Last 3 months headlines – Page 156
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NewsCourts in the community proposed by Plaid Cymru
Party pledges to combat legal aid ‘deserts’ by supporting lawyers to move into that field and making it more sustainable.
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NewsBacklogs spiral across justice system
Immigration and asylum open caseload has risen by 75% over the past year.
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NewsAssociate prosecutors centrepiece of Labour’s justice plan
'After 14 years of neglect, the criminal justice system is broken,' party's manifesto states.
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NewsGreens: we’ll invest £11bn in justice
Manifesto pledges to restore legal aid for public law cases and to recruit more judges.
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NewsPost Office live: Key solicitor called sub-postmasters 'liars and criminals'
Andrew Parsons, a solicitor and partner with Womble Bond Dickinson, faces questions on his role in defending the Post Office during the Horizon scandal.
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NewsLaw firm drinking culture 'excluding British Muslims'
British Bangladeshi and Pakistani lawyers often unable to attend work gatherings because they are held in bars or pubs.
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NewsStowe continues to build family law empire
Latest deal is family specialist's fourth acquisition in two years.
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NewsNeuberger stands by recusal advice in Post Office trial
Former Supreme Court president tells inquiry that he was ‘comfortable’ with his stance on removing trial judge in 2019.
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NewsJudge who inadvertently liked offensive post formally warned
Deputy senior district judge Tanweer Ikram accepted that liking the post had raised concerns about impartiality.
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News£715m costs battle in warm-up to 'Dieselgate' claim
Three-day costs management hearing will alone run up legal bill of £3.65m.
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NewsStrasbourg ruling prompts calls for 'fairer' miscarriage of justice compensation
European Court of Human Rights dismisses, in split decision, legal challenge brought by two wrongfully convicted men.
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NewsSolicitor LiP hit with £11,000 costs bill in possession claim
Conduct 'sufficiently far out of the norm and unreasonable' to make indemnity costs order appropriate.
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NewsTrainee tried to cover up discontinuing client’s claim
Employee misled client and her firm in the aftermath of her initial mistake.
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NewsDuncan Lewis takes government to court over legal aid fees
National firm says thousands of vulnerable individuals are eligible for legal aid but struggling to find a lawyer to represent them.
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NewsMemory lane
Fears over a new offence, calls for a legal services authority and plans for a national prosecution service: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsHarman to head bar bullying probe
Former long-serving MP will chair independent review following report finding shocking levels of bullying, harassment or discrimination.
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NewsConservatives 'will quit ECtHR if necessary', Sunak declares
Conservative leader tells manifesto launch he will choose nation's security over the jurisdiction of a 'foreign court'.
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NewsSurvey reveals caution about regulation of legal AI
Half of lawyers polled say legal profession should self-regulate its use of artificial intelligence.