All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 125
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Criminal bar 'incensed' over £93k salary for CPS posts
Criminal Bar Association chief says members are enduring 'hard slog with none of the benefits'.
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Solicitor outraged after 11-year-old client detained in police cell
Law firm director questions why police did not issue a 'street bail' over malicious communications allegation.
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'Lackadaisical' approach to case attacked by family judge
'Much embarrassment' as the wrong person was summoned in case involving baby's burns.
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Government suffers another defeat over criminal records disclosure
Supreme Court judgment offers promise of a fresh start for thousands and could benefit children issued with cautions.
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Urgent campaign to save 'crumbling' criminal justice system
Likelihood of a fair trial is diminishing, says Chancery Lane, as new film highlights why everyone should care about rule of law.
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GCs threaten to pull their millions from 'largely male and white' firms
Law firm partners are told that hiring a diversity and inclusion officer is not enough.
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Jack Shepherd solicitor receives death threat
Criminal defence specialist says letter threatens his family and to firebomb his firm.
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Young legal aid lawyers urged to take their MPs to work
Practitioner group wants politicians and the public to see what is happening on the ground.
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Costs shake-up proposed for landlord-leaseholder disputes
Law Commission says each side in right-to-manage cases should bear its own litigation costs.
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News focus: MoJ nurses wounds after courts IT crash
The Ministry of Justice insists this month’s IT fiasco has nothing to do with its £1bn court modernisation plans. Unfortunately solicitors keeping the wheels of justice turning cannot afford to relax.
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Corners may need to be cut to avoid burnout, family chief warns
Sir Andrew McFarlane says lawyers and judges should discuss how early or late it is acceptable for the courts to sit.
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Compensate solicitors over IT failure, Society urges MoJ
Justice minister Lucy Frazer says disruption caused by 'infrastructure failure in supplier's data centre'.
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'Sigh of relief' as GCs escape City accountability regime
Financial Conduct Authority says legal privilege would have restricted it from carrying out usual supervisory processes.
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Home-buying reservation agreements to be tested this year
Housing minister Heather Wheeler says home buyers and sellers should have 'skin in the game'.
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MoJ rejects hack speculation as efforts continue to end IT disruption
Digital specialist suggests ageing infrastructure is a major problem for the department.
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Courts IT meltdown: Trials delayed, jurors left waiting and lawyers struggle to get paid
Ministry of Justice says it is pressing suppliers for 'urgent solutions' as practitioners highlight their struggles.
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Domestic abuse bill to ban family court cross-examination
Landmark measure will also introduce the first statutory definition of domestic abuse to include economic abuse.
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Simplify 1,100 pages of immigration rules - Law Commission
Rules have become highly prescriptive, too long, complicated and difficult to follow, proposals state.
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News focus: Making criminal defence pay
The government is reviewing criminal legal aid fees but does it fully grasp the predicament of embattled practitioners? And how does it stop juniors fleeing an impoverished sector for City riches?
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'Major service degradation': criminal justice email system goes down
IT fix will involve temporarily deleting practitioners' inboxes, which will take up to two weeks to restore.