All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 210
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NewsAction day 13: firms consider duty boycott
Legal aid lawyers gear up for more direct action as standoff continues.
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OpinionTHEATRE REVIEW: The Invisible
The play torpedoes the crass but enduring stereotype that the legal profession is full of ‘fat cat’ lawyers.
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NewsIn-house sector faces wellbeing crisis
Sector ‘soaks up’ pressures placed on them by colleagues with their own stresses to manage.
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News89-call hunt for solicitor as protest bites
Ministry of Justice denies claims that its Duty Solicitor Call Centre is buckling under the pressure as legal aid boycott goes on.
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NewsAction day 10: MoJ denies manipulating legal aid figures
Practitioner group accuses justice ministry of ‘bare-faced lie’.
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NewsGove promises action on criminal referral fees
Justice secretary tells judges he will not tolerate ‘inappropriate payments’.
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NewsLCJ confirms financial list for complex cases
Specialist list for complex claims of £50m or more will be introduced later this year.
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NewsLegal aid restrictions for domestic abuse loosened
Law Society lobbied for change to rule that meant legal aid could be withdrawn for victims before their case was completed.
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NewsAction day 8: Gove meets big legal aid firms
Lord chancellor ‘concerned' as he meets representatives from the Big Firms Group.
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NewsAction day 7: MoJ ‘offers talks’ - but not about fee cuts
Justice ministry ‘opens up lines of dialogue’ as high-profile murder trial hit.
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NewsParalegals sign up for voluntary ‘regulation’
Register founded by the Institute of Paralegals and the National Association of Licensed Paralegals went live this week.
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NewsBar urges solicitors to withdraw legal aid tenders
Criminal bar suggests solicitors opposing new contracts are 'all talk'.
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NewsPDS lawyers move in as direct action bites
Legal aid lawyers picket Manchester Magistrates’ Court.
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NewsBallot shows overwhelming support for legal aid boycott
More than 1,000 criminal practitioners vote in favour of direct action against the government’s cuts.
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NewsCourts set for vulnerable witness reform
Senior judges reveal timetables for addressing vulnerability in criminal and civil justice systems.
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NewsNew financial list for complex cases
The ‘financial list’ would provide a specialist dispute resolution forum in the face of competition from centres such as Dubai and Singapore.
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NewsCriminal solicitors berate bar retreat
Tony Cross will have ‘some explaining to do to those of his members who voted for no returns’.
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UN probes civil legal aid cuts
A women’s charity has appealed for information about the impact of civil legal aid cuts on victims of violence ahead of a UN inspection of whether the UK is complying with its international obligations.
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NewsLegal aid contracting stalls in three areas
Insufficient bids for new duty provider contracts in Devon and Cornwall, Isle of Wight and part of Wales.
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NewsCoA overturns family ruling after ‘wholly unacceptable’ delay
Court of Appeal upholds challenge against ‘substantially delayed’ judgment.