Monidipa Fouzder
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OpinionLASPO review: have your say
The Ministry of Justice's report won't be out until early next year now. Share your views on what it should say.
NewsNumber of conveyancing firms at all-time low
Land Registry data shows smaller competitors dropping out of the market.
NewsSix months too long to finalise a divorce, bar warns
Ministry of Justice believes its proposal will give couples sufficient time to consider the implications of splitting up.
NewsStop calling me 'learned', pleads Rafferty LJ in call for concision
Judicial College says grounds of appeal can be be too long, rambling, wafflng and warbling.
NewsFirm improves client protection against 'kidnap for ransom' demands
London-headquartered Schillings says crises are happening more frequently.
NewsAdvocate for bereaved won't fill the legal aid gap, says bar
Bar Council says families need independent legal services to participate fully in inquests and inquiries.
NewsCourt security staff reporting harassment, says HMCTS chief
Susan Acland-Hood has been responding to complaints about entry checks and confiscations.
NewsRestore legal aid for separating couples, MoJ urged
Law Society says digitising the divorce application process and 'hoping for the best' isn't enough.
NewsGovernment embarks on wider criminal legal aid review
Justice minister Lucy Frazer says she wants criminal defence to remain a sustainable career.
NewsLaw Commission seeks to jump-start commonhold demand
Professor Nick Hopkins hails once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink property ownership.
NewsCQS revamp to include on-site visits
Change to the Law Society kitemark scheme are being made following feedback from members.
NewsGovernment-commissioned review recommends legal aid for bereaved families
Independent report says families of those who died in state detention should receive non-means-tested public funding.
NewsBurgon: Labour will restore legal aid for welfare benefits challenges
Shadow justice secretary indicated last month that he might be making two key announcements.
NewsUnion to sue lord chancellor for 'unlawful discrimination'
Court action threatened as cleaners, security guards and receptionists prepare to strike over pay.
NewsLawWorks Pro Bono Awards: a gallery
Labour MP David Lammy presented this year's honours marking the profession's efforts to provide access to justice.
NewsI don't need a legal adviser, CPS chief tells MPs
Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill QC says it is not his job to take casework decisions.
NewsLast post: Royal Mail legal chief en route to easyJet
Maaike De Bie is a leading figure in demonstrating the value of in-house lawyers.
News'Completely futile': judge criticises adulterous husband for contesting divorce
Her Honour Judge Lynn Roberts says family relationships have not been able to heal.
NewsNeill tells government: no shame in admitting we went too far on legal aid
Politicians make impassioned pleas during three-hour Westminster Hall debate.
NewsGauke eyes charity boost for access to justice
The lord chancellor has acknowledged that advice agencies are helped funded by pro bono cost orders and donations.
