All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 204
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NewsLaw centres levying fees to keep going
Some have ‘taken the controversial move’ of charging a fee to clients who can afford to pay.
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NewsFirm partners with council to tackle rogue landlords
Believed to be the first partnership of its kind.
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NewsSolicitors ‘should explain choice of advocate’, says bar
Bar Council says litigators could be made to sign a declaration form as part of government proposals to enhance the quality of criminal advocacy.
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NewsLegal aid residence test ruled lawful
The lord chancellor appealed the High Court’s decision last year that the legislation he proposed to introduce was unlawful.
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NewsSpending review: more cases to be heard from prisons
Ministry of Justice to invest in video conference centres.
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NewsLabour to set up human rights taskforce
Opposition leader calls for policies that will be ‘ready to go’ for 2020.
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NewsShort-notice listing will harm diversity – criminal practitioners
Crown court cases can start on any day within a defined time frame.
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NewsLaw centres 'bouncing back' from funding cuts
Law Centres Network hails ingenuity, resilience and determination of members in annual review.
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Lead cases test for criminal legal aid contracts
Wave of litigation over award of contracts to begin with eight cases, High Court rules
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NewsSociety calls for parliamentary probe of legal aid contracts
President Jonathan Smithers asks justice and public accounts select committees to investigate tender process urgently.
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NewsShadow solicitor general in alleged conflict probe
Labour MP Karl Turner is subject of an inquiry by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.
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NewsCourt sparring begins in legal aid contract challenges
High Court hearing into management of litigation over new crime duty contracts lasted nearly three hours.
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NewsDiversity progress ‘painfully slow’ – Black Solicitors Network
BSN publishes latest diversity league table, which shows that very limited progress has been made over the last decade.
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NewsEmployment lawyers urge caution over online court
Lord Justice Briggs to produce interim report on the structure of civil courts by the end of this year.
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NewsSociety calls for one-word amendment to patent threat reform
Law Commission proposing legislative reform relating to unjustified threats in intellectual property.
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OpinionTime for a legal aid truce
The government has bought itself time to come up with a new strategy.
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NewsPolice body-camera plan panned by defence
The Home Office has allowed forces to pilot the use of body cameras to interview suspects of certain offences.
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NewsMoJ postpones legal aid contracts
Three-month delay follows legal challenges from unsuccessful bidders in at least 69 procurement areas.
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NewsConveyancing firm wins appeal over valuation
Court of Appeal judgment highlights scope of duty of solicitors instructed on behalf of both borrower and lender.
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Pro bono charity reports surge in volunteer lawyers
Qualified solicitors and barristers made up nearly four out of five volunteer lawyers between April 2014 and March 2015.