All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 129
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NewsDomestic 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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NewsSimplify 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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NewsNews 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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News'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.
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NewsLegal aid for welfare benefits plummets over a decade
Justice minister Lucy Frazer QC says the LASPO review will be published 'shortly'.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency faces High Court showdown over protection orders
Civil liberties group has been granted permission to challenge the lack of legal aid to challenge public space protection orders.
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NewsRegulatory uncertainty over key home-buying reform
Solicitors Regulation Authority says solicitors should not hold deposits on behalf of sellers 'before a sale has been agreed'.
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NewsReady, set, GO: 'enhanced' Wi-Fi for criminal courts
GovWifi account will enable visitors to access network in 31 buildings.
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NewsGovernment 'exploring alternatives' to short prison sentences
Cautious welcome for justice minister Rory Stewart's proposal.
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NewsLaw Society's warning over leasehold costs curbs
Chancery Lane has responded to the Law Commisson’s consultation on proposals to reform process for leaseholders to buy or extend their lease.
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NewsLaw Commission chair wants ‘modern lawyers’ to fill commissioner posts
Sir Nicholas Green told the Gazette it was a ‘chance to do a lot of rebalancing’.
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NewsCriminal legal aid review won't be ready until late 2020
Ministry of Justice says evidence must go 'far beyond' billing data.
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OpinionBezos split should inspire mediation rethink
Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos's approach lends itself to mediation. It's a shame that take-up of information and assessment meetings has continuously declined since LASPO.
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NewsSolicitors told about vulnerable prisoners policy - five months after it was introduced
Criminal defence practitioners told not to speak to too many prisoners on visits to police cells.
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NewsFirms shut by SRA to appeal interventions
Regulator announces closure of Essex and Hounslow firms, citing reason to suspect dishonesty by employee.
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NewsSurrogacy order ends 'legal limbo' for single parents
Family specialist says change in the law will end discrimination.
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NewsCity firm wants more female solicitors talking to the press
Clyde & Co says fewer than 20% of its spokespeople are women.
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NewsBureaucracy jeopardising community sentence efforts - justice thinktank
Report into the relationship between probation and the courts makes 15 recommendations to address 'fraying' trust.
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NewsTreasury gives MoJ £30m to prepare for Brexit
Ministry of Justice says the cash will be spent preparing for every eventuality as further details emerge of 'no deal' plans.
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NewsDivorce law consultation attracts at least 600 responses
Justice secretary David Gauke says there is broad support to scrap the fault-based system.