All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 133
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NewsCorners 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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NewsCompensate 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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News'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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NewsHome-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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NewsMoJ 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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NewsCourts 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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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 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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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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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.