All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 151
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NewsConveyancing market 'bounces back' - but more help needed in Budget
Land Registry data highlights steep upturn in cases since the four-year low recorded earlier this year.
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NewsBudget preview: Stamp duty in chancellor's sights?
Chancellor could unveil plans to increase accessibility to housing market for young professionals.
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NewsMoJ reveals massive budget cut as new advice deserts open
The deeply worrying scale of the budgetary pressures bearing down on the Ministry of Justice is laid bare in new figures which will dampen already faint hopes of public funding reform. In a written parliamentary answer, justice minister Dominic Raab revealed that the MoJ will have suffered a cumulative 40% ...
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OpinionA judge should have the final say over a child's fate
Should the worst happen to me, I would rather a judge, than my mum, decide what is in my best interests.
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NewsLAA pledges to improve IT reliability with 'challenging targets'
Chief executive Shaun McNally expects the agency to remain under strong pressure to reduce its budget.
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NewsLeave GCs caught up in accountability regime alone, City watchdog told
Law Society uses Financial Conduct Authority consultation to repeat concerns about senior managers regime.
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NewsLaw firm announces landmark transgender policy
Irwin Mitchell says people produce better results when they are free to be themselves at work.
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NewsDefendant nationality declarations 'offensive'
Criminal defence specialist questions how the new court requirement will be policed.
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NewsMunby orders unsealing of abdicated king's will - but won't read it
Decision will help keeper of Queen's archives resolve questions of copyright.
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News'Suffocating' stamp duty threatens conveyancing demand
Academic research suggests homeowners are unwilling to move in order to avoid paying land tax twice.
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NewsBrexit: don't go down one-way street, family lawyers warn
Practitioner groups say lack of reciprocal agreement will create unfair outcomes for families.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency to review 14-hour rule to tackle 'ghost' solicitors
Law Society and practitioner groups say Crown court advocacy should count towards contract requirement.
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News'Plain English': Whitehall simplifies £650m legal tendering process
Crown Commercial Service has cut the amount of tender documents that bidders must complete.
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NewsMagistrates decide 3,000 fare dodgers' fates on a laptop
Government hails success of paperless system at Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court, London.
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NewsUse your buying power to promote diversity, GC urges
Legal chief for fashion retailer ASOS tells women in law conference that money talks in the end.
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NewsNeuberger: Tell judge if you can't do 9.30am start because of school run
Former Supreme Court president reinforces his opposition to gender quotas as women in law conference.
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News'Speedy justice' deterring magistrates from releasing offenders
Magistrates Association deputy chair says National Probation Service has little time to investigate the defendant.
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NewsSolicitor general to map public legal education efforts
Robert Buckland will identify 'just in time' and 'just in case' public legal education work.