All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 195
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NewsFears over credit for guilty plea
Sentencing Council says revised guideline for sentence reductions will save resources.
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News‘Urgent need’ for data on unrepresented defendants
Charity Transform Justice says lack of comprehensive data makes it difficult to draw quantified conclusions.
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News‘Consent’ defence could go as part of AML reforms
Government publishes action plan to overhaul measures to prevent money laundering and terrorism finance.
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NewsDefence solicitors to lead digital case development
Liverpool is to pilot the Criminal Justice System Common Platform Programme.
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NewsJAC seeks mock candidates for the bench
Judicial Appointments Commission wants to conduct a ‘dry-run’ exercise ahead of recommending 18 potential deputy district judges.
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NewsSRA consults on costs for firms switching regulators
Solicitors Regulation Authority proposing to waive six-year run-off cover for professional indemnity insurance.
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NewsGovernment relaxes domestic violence evidence requirement
Ministry of Justice also introduces provision to assess evidence concerning financial abuse following Court of Appeal ruling.
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NewsCapita hits court interpreting target – after four years
Latest Ministry of Justice statistics show that Capita Translation and Interpreting has met its 98% contractual requirement.
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NewsEuropean arrest warrant ruling ‘extra tool’ for extradition lawyers
Court of Justice of the European Union says judges must defer executing a warrant if there are concerns over prison conditions.
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NewsGovernment defeated over legal aid residence test
In 'totally unprecedented' on-the-spot decision, Supreme Court grants appeal.
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NewsSupreme Court hears legal aid residence test challenge
Public Law Project says the residence test ‘in substance…will exclude recent migrants and irregular migrants’.
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NewsMoJ imposes ‘service credits’ on Capita for missing target
Court interpreting provider continuously failed to meet the 98% requirement stated in the contract.
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NewsMaking money ‘not main driver’ for council ABS
HB Public Law’s head of legal practice says it was inspired by clients outsourcing.
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NewsLegal aid cuts creating new advice ‘deserts’
Several parts of England and Wales now have inadequate housing law cover which could give rise to potential conflicts of interest, it has emerged.
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Legal teams urged to ‘lead from the front’ on devolution
More than half of the population of the north of England will be represented by an elected mayor.
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NewsLow Commission ‘to be wound up’
The independent body was set up in 2012 to examine the impact of legal aid cuts.
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News£300k budget cut for super-regulator
Legal Services Board says cost to PC holders has fallen by nearly a third since 2009/10.
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NewsCross-border VAT portal will help lawyers, Society says
European Commission investigating the feasibility of developing an EU VAT web portal.
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NewsSecond London council ‘deletes’ senior legal role
London borough of Lambeth says 400 jobs will go across the organisation.
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NewsBoffins offer primers for courtroom science
The first in a series of guides bearing the imprint of learned societies will cover DNA analysis.