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NewsMental capacity legislation hits ‘rock bottom’
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is not achieving its aims, a House of Lords committee said.
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News‘Inadequate resources’ blamed for Strasbourg overload
Council of Europe report proposes setting up national mechanisms for the execution of judgments in each member state.
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NewsLaw Society chief executive to retire
Desmond Hudson will leave Chancery Lane after this year’s AGM.
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NewsMoJ singled out in damning review of contracting
The Public Accounts Committee has called on government to ‘urgently get its house in order’ with private sector contracts.
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NewsLand Registry extension plans widely condemned
The Law Society said that it is ‘keen to ensure a change of status does not undermine confidence in the register’.
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Legal Personality of the Year 2014
The Gazette is looking for legal professionals who are ‘influential, inspirational and in the public eye’ for its annual Gazette Legal Personality of the Year award. The award aims to recognise those who have made an ‘outstanding public contribution’ to the profession. Nominations for the Gazette accolade, which is one ...
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Written evidence call over justice bill
The House of Commons Public Bill Committee issued a call for written evidence on proposals in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill covering the use of cautions, prisoner release and recall, and the detention of young offenders. Evidence should be submitted by 1 April.
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Scottish budget appeal
The UK government must use the 19 March budget statement to boost the economy and provide more support to struggling solicitor firms, the Law Society of Scotland said last week.
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NewsTurkey crackdown as lawyers accused
Lawyers in Turkey stand accused of plotting to overthrow the government under the guise of investigating a corruption scandal.
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Improve existing EU co-operation, says review
The legal sector wants the EU to focus on improving and simplifying existing civil justice co-operation rather than introducing new measures, according to a ‘balance of competences’ review of the sector published by the government.
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Graham reappointed
Christopher Graham has been reappointed as Information Commissioner for another two years.
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NewsSolicitor fraud case dismissed
The defendants had set up a complex commercial transaction involving opencast mining sites and restoration obligations.
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NewsFive solicitors make the silk cut
All five are at City firms practising in international arbitration.
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Neuberger judicial diversity lecture
This will be the third lecture in the Rainbow Lecture Series.
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Male rape help as fund unveiled
The Ministry of Justice has pledged £500,000 to help male victims of rape and sexual violence receive advice and counselling.
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Innovation scholarship
The Centre for Justice Innovation has launched its StreetCraft scholarship to encourage innovation by public, private and voluntary sectors working in criminal justice.
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NewsMoJ site targeted by hackers
Hackers target MoJ site through a distributed denial-of-service attack.
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Litigation funders face new complaints regime
Third-party funders could be publicly expelled from the body that regulates them under a new complaints procedure.
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Claimant faces record costs after tribunal
Last April, tribunal rules were changed to allow employment judges to make bigger costs orders.