Last 3 months headlines – Page 416
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NewsLAA reviewing Covid-19 contingency arrangements
Legal Aid Agency says it is working with providers to see which changes will continue.
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NewsOnline court may need only one procedure rule, says Briggs
Supreme Court judge reveals that legislation to set up litigant-in-person-friendly dispute resolution procedure expected this year.
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NewsA&O predicts 40% of work will be done remotely
Magic circle firm says the office will remain 'incredibly important' for culture, community and personal development.
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NewsCircuit judge promises to write monthly to defendant in mental health crisis
Pledge accompanied community order on woman caught carrying a razor blade.
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NewsFirm pays £45k damages to rival over plagiarised claim letters
North west firm says it relied on drafting advice from a barrister and had no knowledge material was copied.
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NewsPolice bill clears first hurdle in parliament
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons by 359 votes to 263.
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NewsWork with locals in hunt for Nightingale courts, HMCTS told
Regional officials do not know what is happening in their own areas, justice committee hears.
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NewsPandemic hits merger activity - but Yorkshire firm keeps growing
Number of mergers in the legal sector fell by 25% in 2020 as consolidators more cautious.
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NewsTrial date set for City brothers charged with fraud
Hearing involving former Clifford Chance solicitor accused of fraud and insider dealing listed for next April.
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NewsCriminal bar calls for 120,000 Crown court sitting days
Association says Ministry of Justice and HM Treasury will agree final budget this week.
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NewsCanadian litigant complains judge didn’t make him a sandwich
‘At a certain point, enough is enough’ - even for the Ontario Court of Appeal.
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NewsOmbudsman to get extra £1.66m - but faces axe if standards don’t improve
Legal Services Board minded to grant revised budget figure but wants more scrutiny of performance.
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NewsStill crumbling: HMCTS handling 5,000 court repair requests a month
Government spending millions on repairs, but nine out of 10 courts still have outstanding jobs needing attention.
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NewsSRA to bear £65k costs of bungled Hong Kong prosecution
In case centring on defective translation, tribunal did not accept solicitor was calling for political opponents to be killed.
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NewsLondon retrial for dismissed hacking claim naming City firm
The Court of Appeal remitted the state hacking claim in the light of fresh evidence.
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NewsCoP says vulnerable man should have Covid vaccine despite father’s objection
Father said he was wary about safety of vaccine and still believed son’s condition was due to MMR jab.
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NewsFreshfields to allow 50% homeworking
Magic circle firm joins Linklaters and Norton Rose Fulbright with new flexible working policy.
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News‘Sense of how to behave’ at risk, says High Court chancellor
Sir Julian Flaux warns that the informality of remote hearings could undermine court rules and the seriousness of judicial decisions.
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News'Divisive nonsense': Labour to vote against police bill
David Lammy MP says bill could lead to harsher penalties for damaging a statue than for attacking a woman.
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NewsFaulks review on JR to be published this week
Government will reportedly seek to stop the automatic referral of judicial review cases to senior judges.