All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 134
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NewsGovernment 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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NewsUrgent 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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NewsGCs 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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NewsJack Shepherd solicitor receives death threat
Criminal defence specialist says letter threatens his family and to firebomb his firm.
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NewsYoung 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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NewsCosts 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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NewsNews 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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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'.