All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 193
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NewsLegal aid ‘safety net’ scheme lawful, appeal court rules
MoJ overturns challenge on Exceptional Case Funding – but Briggs LJ dissents, describing the scheme as ‘inherently unfair’.
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NewsLAA loses legal aid contract challenge
High Court says government erred in the application of its criteria for the eligibility of London firm for duty provider scheme.
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NewsConsumer watchdog warns of interpreters acting as ‘introducers’
Legal Services Consumer Panel identifies three priority areas for Legal Services Board to work on.
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NewsSRA promises ‘sensitive’ mental health support
Chief executive Paul Philip says solicitors can tell the regulator if things are getting difficult.
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NewsTougher sentences for animal cruelty proposed
Sentencing Council says it wants to ensure the most serious cases lead to jail time.
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NewsQueen’s speech: courts and prisons to be reformed
Offenders will be given a second chance under Prison and Courts Reform Bill.
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NewsQueen’s speech: SARs regime to be improved
Criminal Finances Bill will target entities that carry out money laundering rather than focusing on individual transactions.
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NewsLet law firms host court hearings – rights thinktank
Justice urges government to capitalise on ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to transform civil courts.
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NewsGovernment urged to introduce guardianship bill in Queen’s speech
Justice minister Dominic Raab says government is still committed to pursuing new scheme to help deal with the property and affairs of missing people.
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NewsSole practitioners criticise ‘threatening’ diversity survey
Solicitors Regulation Authority says it will run diversity questionnaire every two years instead of annually, following criticism from sole practitioners.
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NewsPrivately educated dominate senior ranks at top law firms
Biggest diversity survey ever highlights uneven progress in solicitors’ profession – but four out of ten partners at top firms went to a fee-paying school.
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NewsInterpreters lose MoJ race bias challenge
Employment Tribunal did not misdirect itself, Court of Appeal says.
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NewsLand Registry: raise fees, don’t privatise, say conveyancers
Conveyancing Association suggests fees increase would enable the government to maximise returns in a less risky way.
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ProfileVictory in union's construction ‘blacklist’ battle
GMB legal director Maria Ludkin represented its members who appeared on a ‘blacklist’ accessed by major construction companies.
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NewsSociety report charts growing influence of general counsel
The Chancery Lane study, to be published this week, also highlights the pressures on in-house legal departments.
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NewsMental health taskforce for legal professionals
A Law Society survey on solicitors’ health and wellbeing finds that almost all practising certificate holders have negative stress in their working lives.
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NewsCity lawyers slam Land Registry sell-off plan
City of London Law Society says government proposals could lead to conflicts of interest.
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NewsSocial mobility scheme for law extends to GCSE students
Sutton Trust’s Pathways to Law programme gets £1m cash injection.
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NewsSRA warns against money laundering ‘complacency’
Firms generally good at tacking money laundering but regulator is investigating evidence of malpractice.
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NewsLaw firm creates consultancy service to help GCs
RPC Perform will be led by former T-Mobile UK general counsel Julia Chain.