Latest news – Page 378
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NewsCool response to Labour's seven-juror scheme
Shadow justice secretary proposes wartime-style juries to clear the Crown court backlog.
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News'Exempt from disclosure': MoD refuses to reveal public law review submission
Whitehall department follows in Home Office's footsteps by rejecting the Gazette's FOI request.
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NewsMagistrates' courts to be sprayed with ‘antiviral mist’
Government also hires marshals to ensure court users are following safety rules.
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NewsRetention rates high at magic circle firms
Linklaters breaks down trainee retention figures by ethnicity for the first time.
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NewsCoA reserves judgment in groundbreaking domestic abuse case
Family division president hears from interveners on final day of hearing.
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NewsCity firms publish toolkit on tackling racism
Guidance advises firms about how to start conversations about race in the workplace.
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NewsChambers condemns barrister's 'stroppy teenager of colour' tweet
Cornerstone Barristers says it has begun an 'urgent internal investigation'.
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NewsNew ID card will allow solicitors to bypass security queues
First phase of wider ID scheme will begin in the next few weeks, the Gazette understands.
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NewsLondon’s lead in litigation 'still under threat'
Access to justice in France is significantly more affordable, says former president of the Paris Commercial Court.
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NewsDon’t judge whether trainees are good enough to qualify, firms told
Those signing off trainee work experience are not assessing 'whether someone is going to make a brilliant solicitor', regulator says.
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NewsHMCTS to pilot lateral flow testing in Manchester next week
HM Courts & Tribunals Service reveals wider efforts to keep courts safe.
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NewsCoA hears mother sob as judge 'threatens' to have child taken into care
Court of Appeal is being asked to consider how family courts treat allegations of domestic abuse.
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NewsSRA blitz continues on firms breaching transparency rules
Nine firms now been subject to enforcement action by the regulator.
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NewsOnline option now ‘default’ for Wales courts
Requests by solicitors to use Common Video Platform will be treated as granted.
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NewsCity watchdog plans fee cap for claims management companies
FCA says move could save consumers £9.6m a year.
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NewsQC instructed for Hong Kong prosecution steps down
David Perry QC was due to act for the Hong Kong government next month in the trial of nine pro-democracy campaigners.
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NewsAppeal blocked over ‘informed consent’ for solicitor’s £3.6m fees
Client objected to ‘horse trading’ between his lawyers and opponents, but court finds he knew what was happening.
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NewsLawyers and unions threaten 'legal and industrial response' over court safety
Joint statement to HM Courts & Tribunals Service boss calls for lateral flow testing at every court to be introduced urgently.
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NewsSolicitors forced into the office tell charity they feared for their jobs
Law Society reminds firms they must have personnel in only where it is 'absolutely necessary'.
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NewsBar Council demands extra £55m for Covid courts
Almost 85% of barristers who attended court in December feared for their safety.