Last 3 months headlines – Page 813
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NewsFast-track immigration proposals 'put speed before justice'
Law Society says detained asylum seekers will have limited access to solicitors under latest government proposals.
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NewsSnap poll could mean yet another new face at the MoJ
The lord chancellor’s robes are in and out of the dry-cleaners every fortnight. Or so it seems.
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NewsE-conveyancing first as digital signature used to exchange contracts
Conveyancing Association says transaction took place on 6 April at 3.59pm.
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NewsElection question mark over courts bill
The 8 June poll means a race against time to force through legislation - including flagship legal reforms.
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NewsHMCTS reviews Welsh language scheme
Government wants to ensure scheme, set up in 2013, adequately reflects needs of court users.
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NewsBreaking up: Councils sever legal services partnership
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council and Spelthorne Borough Council cite changing requirements for break-up.
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NewsMoJ sits on three closed courts for six years
Government able to dispose of most of courts estate, but still having to pay to maintain empty buildings.
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NewsPassmore re-elected senior partner at Simmons & Simmons
Colin Passmore has been re-elected to serve a third term as senior partner at international firm Simmons & Simmons. The four-year term will commence on 1 August. Passmore joined the firm in 1986, became a partner in 1990 and senior partner in 2011. His practice focuses on litigation for financial ...
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NewsGreen light for employment tribunal reforms
The government has said it will bring forward measures to reform the employment tribunal system ‘as soon as parliamentary time allows’, after publishing the outcome of a consultation on the plans. Changes to the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 ’will bring the employment tribunal system in line with the flexibility of ...
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NewsHigh Court baby ruling highlights legal aid confusion
Government says legal aid is available subject to means and merits test.
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NewsHallett LJ: 'more to do' on solicitor judges
Progress report shows significant solicitor interest in judicial initiatives.
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NewsTributes for church and charity law specialist
Tim Berry described as a solicitor who worked with ‘uncompromising integrity, empathy and humility’.
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NewsCourt of Appeal allows right-to-die case
The High Court was wrong to decide an assisted suicide case should not be heard, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
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News'A farrago of delusional nonsense.' So that's a no then?
There are some cases so finely balanced on the finer nuances of law that a judgment could genuinely swing either way.
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NewsLegal assistant fined £2k over university lies on bogus CV
Lee Hull also admitted to backdating letters to clients which were never sent.
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NewsJudge sacked over 'abusive' website comments
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says Jason Dunn-Shaw used a pseudonym.
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Society guidance to support 'stressed' junior lawyers
Junior Lawyers Division survey highlighted huge work pressures faced by its members.
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Nuns accused of fraudulent misrepresentation in planning row
High Court allows £31m claim by local parish council to proceed, after religious Order banked £31m from residential development of school site.
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NewsOmbudsman's budget set to rise by £1m - as cases remain static
Struggle to recover fee income from collapsed claims management companies cited as reason for increase.