All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 183
-
NewsMagistrates need support strategy, MPs tell MoJ
CPD for magistrates? Justice committee calls for an ‘overarching strategy’ for magistracy.
-
NewsAgency rethink on legal aid contracts ‘embarrassment’ clause
LAA concedes it must not rely on clause in contracts to ‘stifle criticism’ of government.
-
NewsMoJ backs home support for vulnerable witnesses
Citizens Advice is expected to complete national rollout this month.
-
ProfileBattling for parliament vote over article 50
David Greene is representing claimant seeking judicial review of government’s decision to formally trigger article 50.
-
NewsNews focus: agency aspires to maturity
The Legal Aid Agency wants an ‘adult-to-adult’ relationship with solicitors as it plans further cuts. But how does that square with a new ‘embarrassment’ clause in contracts?
-
NewsLocal government lawyers ask SRA who they can work for
Lawyers in Local Government wants clarity on plans to give solicitors greater practising flexibility.
-
NewsAsda equal pay ruling could open floodgates
London firm Leigh Day says tribunal decision will allow more than 7,000 workers to proceed with claims.
-
NewsCapita hits interpreting target just once in four years
Monopoly provider falls short of performance benchmark yet again as contract nears end.
-
NewsLAA begins to deliver bad news over crime contracts
Legal Aid Agency says it received tenders from more than 1,400 organisations.
-
NewsLloyds Banking Group follows Barclays' lead in cutting panel numbers
Eight firms land a spot on bank's 'core' panel.
-
NewsThinktank sets out £2.6m blueprint for problem-solving criminal courts
Centre for Justice Innovation says its plan for 10 courts is practical and affordable.
-
News'It's getting worse and worse': Amnesty highlights casualties of legal aid cuts
Human rights group publishes findings of nine-month review.
-
NewsLiberty director urges lawyers to speak out on immigrant detentions
Martha Spurrier threatens to come down on the government 'like a ton of bricks'.
-
NewsFixed fees popular among lawyers’ clients
Mini-bellwether report states that solicitors, under immense pressure to lower their fees, tend to equate value with price.
-
NewsNews focus: ECHR comes under Tory fire
Plans to protect service personnel from ‘vexatious’ claims enthused the party conference. But the lord chancellor had little to add to grand rhetoric on prison reform.
-
NewsIn-house lawyers should time-record to show value – ex-FA GC
Former legal chief at the Football Association acknowledges suggestion is controversial.
-
NewsCPS criticised for ‘shocking’ disclosure failure
Crown Prosecution Service says it has agreed to settle Conrad Jones’s civil claim without admission of liability.
-
NewsLiP handed 114 pages of legal documents ‘at the door of the court’
Mr Justice Peter Jackson says the Family Division incident is not unusual.
-
NewsFormer Stobart chief acquires second criminal legal aid firm
Trevor Howarth says One Legal has completed acquisition of Guney, Clark & Ryan.
-
NewsCourts have become a ‘casino’, Conservative conference hears
MP and former deputy London mayor says defendants do not plead guilty because they know witnesses may not turn up.