All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 179
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NewsOnline courts guidance must be in ‘plain English’
Thinktank Centre for Justice Innovation says defendants in cases resolved entirely online must clearly understand the consequences of their plea.
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Mencap sets up volunteer legal panel
Learning disability charity says legal aid cuts have affected access to quality legal advice and support.
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NewsAnother QualitySolicitors firm to leave network
Mander Cruickshank Solicitors says strong ties with the local community more important than a national brand image.
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NewsTruss on judiciary: ‘I can think of no higher calling’
In her first public appearance since the media storm over last week’s Brexit ruling, lord chancellor Liz Truss says the country has the world's best judiciary.
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NewsGCs can drive gender diversity in firms – legal chief
Guardian legal director tells First 100 Years conference of exercising 'small but real power'.
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NewsPro bono boost for Whitehall lawyers
Government Legal Department has estabished a network to support pro bono and volunteering efforts.
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NewsSolicitors ‘will fight tooth and nail’ to resist another legal aid fee cut
Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association Zoe Gascoyne tells conference that firms’ overheads are stripped to the bone.
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Ethics and data security top GC agenda
The importance of in-house lawyers continues to grow, the new head of an international corporate counsel body has said.
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News16-year-old's representation plight highlights pro bono dependency
Volunteer stepped in when legal aid could not be granted to preferred solicitor in care proceedings.
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NewsEmployment tribunal claims plummet by 100,000
TUC says steep tribunal fees are allowing discrimination at work to flourish unchecked.
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NewsSRA yet to receive reports of solicitor touts
Regulator has announced it is stepping up efforts to tackle the problem.
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DPP warning over post-Brexit criminal justice cooperation
Alison Saunders praises benefits of European arrest warrant to House of Lords select committee.
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NewsMoJ rules out homicide law review
'Very little demand' from public for two-tier murder offence, justice minister Oliver Heald says.
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NewsLaw firm M&A deals continue apace
Gordon Dadds merges with Platt & Associates, while Switalskis Solicitors is acquiring the clinical negligence and serious injury departments from hlw Keeble Hawson.
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SRA extends support to youth court challenges
Regulator says it wants to help solicitors achieve the ‘consistently high standards children and young people deserve’.
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Offshoring back-office functions is ‘not so easy’
Legal chief at a tobacco multinational highlights challenges.
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MoJ opts into EU family law proposal over Brexit risk
Justice minister Sir Oliver Heald says it is in the UK’s interests to influence negotiations.
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NewsLook on bright side of diversity, says Sikh top judge
Sir Rabinder Singh QC says decisions made now could lead to the first lord chief justice of Asian origin in 2050.
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LAA invitation highlights yet another ‘advice desert’
Invitation issued for Cambridgeshire as Ministry of Justice says it is considering LASPO review date.
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NewsPersonal injury market ‘generally working well’ – SRA study
Independent research for the Solicitors Regulation Authority says market is adapting positively to LASPO.