All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 126
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NewsUpdate: Molly Russell family granted legal aid for inquest on appeal
Russell solicitor says lawyers should not have to represent families for free.
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NewsNews focus: Equality still a work in progress
New Law Society research confirms that tackling unconscious bias, fair pay and promoting widespread flexible working are key elements needed to achieve gender equality in the legal profession.
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NewsPractitioners' queries on calls for court reform evidence
House of Commons justice select committee called for written submissions of evidence for the £1bn court reform programme.
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NewsFunder pledges £1m for access to justice
Global litigation funder Therium Access will provide funds necessary to pursue or defend claims.
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NewsMortgage lenders worried about commonhold insolvency
Law Commission has been tasked with reviving the leasehold alternative to home ownership.
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NewsInternational Women's Day: is partnership a postcode lottery?
Thousands of women lawyers reveal what is holding them back at work in landmark Law Society research. One factor is where they live.
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NewsLord chancellor hits back at bar's Crown court concerns
Lord chancellor says case numbers and waiting times are falling.
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OpinionTwitter punch to magistrate's 'gut instinct' was unnecessary
The legal profession should be supporting the likes of Luke Penney, not tearing him to shreds over two words.
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News'Must everything be smashed to bits?': Fury as judicial training days scrapped
Circuit events discontinued following Judicial College review.
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NewsConveyancing firms defy Brexit slowdown fears
Analysis of Land Registry data shows a post-EU referendum high for transactions.
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NewsSocial media not a major threat to criminal justice, says AGO
Attorney General's Office says public legal education could reduce the risk of trials collapsing.
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NewsMagistrates not consulted about knife ASBOs
Association says Home Office engagement would be helpful given its members will have to deal with the prevention orders.
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NewsNo-deal would hobble fight against crime, Society warns in new Brexit guidance
Christina Blacklaws says the UK could end up relying on a treaty from the 1950s.
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NewsCompensation boost for crime victims who lived with attacker
Ministry of Justice lays down statutory instrument to scrap 'same-roof' rule.
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NewsMoJ urged to 'march forward fast' as Labour strengthens legal aid commitment
Practitioners and MPs tell justice minister Lucy Frazer QC what they think about the LASPO review.
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News'We refuse to be silenced': MoJ urged to reconsider legal aid for inquests
Charity heads to parliament to make the case for automatic non-means tested public funding.
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NewsChild witnesses struggling to remember details after lengthy waits
Young people are being cross-examined after waiting as long as two years for case to get to court, children's charity says.
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NewsCentralisation shifts remand hearings to next county
Shropshire advocates group calls for policy change after HM Courts & Tribunals Service apologises for 'wrong data'.
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NewsJudge ignores family commitment pleas to demand application
Criminal bar chief says representative bodies will draft their own protocol for reasonable working hours if they have to.
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OpinionDear HMCTS, tampons aren't dangerous
Court security officers may not place their hands inside visitors' bags but it's apparently OK to make lawyers feel humiliated.