All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 135
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NewsNews focus: Labour reveals justice plans
Making legal aid a pillar of the welfare state and providing duty solicitors for border detainees were among justice policies announced at the party’s conference last week
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OpinionMagistrates' courts: a legal sausage factory
Magistrates' numbers are falling, the listings system is chaotic and morale is low.
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NewsGive shoppers instant price estimate, conveyancers told
Licensed conveyancers will have to publish cost and service information on their websites from December.
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NewsLabour conference: civil servants should not be deciding people's liberty
Shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti says judicial functions should be delegated only to staff with a minimum level of qualifications.
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NewsDelay over £15m legal aid injection 'completely unacceptable'
The Criminal Bar Association says there is no reason why the government cannot backdate advocacy fee rise.
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NewsThreats now an occupational hazard for solicitors
An alarming picture has emerged of the daily threats and violence that criminal defence and family solicitors suffer for doing their jobs.
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NewsNews focus: Defensive action on disclosure
Disclosure got a bad name last year when a rape trial was abandoned. Now the CPS has set up a task force to address fundamental anomalies when it comes to bringing a case to court
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News£320m public sector panel begins to take shape
Law firm duo secures another Crown Commercial Service appointment.
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NewsMoJ's £15m legal aid fees offer 'doesn't appear to add up'
Law Society says the total amount is different depending on what year's 'case mix' data is used.
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NewsFixed costs regime floated for leaseholders
Law Commission says the enfranchisement system is complex, slow and expensive.
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NewsA third of solicitors are victims of violence or threats
Law Society of Scotland survey paints similar picture to the one that has emerged south of the border.
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NewsAnti-terrorism bill 'undermines access to legal advice'
Law Society says proposed legislation as currently drafted hinders legal professional privilege.
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NewsNo place for court-like cross examination in public inquiries, Grenfell team says
Bereaved families, survivors and residents were concerned that their lawyers have been unable to ask questions in person.
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NewsFirm hits back over wasted costs
A sole practitioner estimates that she and her counsel have spent about £15,000 worth of time highlighting the financial risk that high street firms regularly take.
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NewsPublic access barristers face further price publishing requirements
Participants in Bar Standards Board pilot report business boost after posting prices online.
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NewsGovernment reveals contingency justice plans for no-deal Brexit
Ministry of Justice issues guidance on civil legal cases involving EU member states.
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NewsMoJ seeks to allay concerns about the human rights impact of legal aid cuts
Ministry of Justice publishes response to joint human rights committee's grim findings.
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NewsNo progress in search for new terror law reviewer
Max Hill QC takes over from Alison Saunders as director of public prosecutions next month.
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NewsWe need lawyers 'buzzing around' for good of society - Harman
Solicitor-MP Harriet Harman, chair of the joint committee on human rights, says the legal ecosystem has been depleted.
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NewsHMCTS research highlights challenges of virtual justice
Report on remand hearings follows FoI request by campaigner Penelope Gibbs.