All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 221
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NewsLegal qualification? Ministerial Code good enough, says lord chancellor
Chris Grayling responds to House of Lords committee on role of the lord chancellor.
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NewsFixed fees fuel drive towards arbitration
Arbitration as a form of dispute resolution has the backing of Family Division president Sir James Munby.
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NewsAppeal granted on criminal legal aid
Court of Appeal to hear challenges to lord chancellor’s two-tier duty contract reforms on 10 and 11 March.
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NewsLeveson warns defenders on procedure ‘trap’
Court of Appeal judgment highlights case management pressures.
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NewsSummit: lawyers vital in sporting successes
GLS told that extraordinary amount of behind-the-scenes work by lawyers helps major events triumph.
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Summit: human rights must be in business DNA – Blair
Cherie Blair QC: employees want to feel good about being employed in a company.
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NewsSummit: targeted sanctions ‘a problem for the rule of law’
Former attorney general warns well-meaning governments about ‘making a rod for their own back’.
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NewsSummit: arbitration threat ‘illusory’
Magic circle partner decries ‘cultish’ attitudes to arbitration.
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NewsSummit: comedy alternative packs them in
Global Law Summit refusenik Chakrabarti declines to make jokes.
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NewsSummit: dissenters rally at Westminster
Not the Global Law Summit condemns ‘very poor’ lord chancellor.
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NewsSummit: no change is seldom an option, says Grayling
Embattled lord chancellor says that challenges are driven by ‘economic reality’.
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NewsSussex authorities merge legal teams
Legal team at Eastbourne Borough Council will transfer to the employment of Lewes District Council on 1 April.
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NewsLPC graduates toil to find training contracts
Junior Lawyers Division calls difference in numbers of registered trainees and LPC course finishers ‘very discouraging’.
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NewsLegal aid challenge for inquests succeeds
High Court says current government guidance provides ‘materially misleading impression’ of the law.
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NewsRevise domestic abuse legal aid rules, MoJ urged
Citizens Advice says restrictions leading victims to ‘give up on their rights to justice’.
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NewsBlow to legal aid as High Court dismisses judicial review
Law Society and practitioner groups brought challenges over crime duty tender process.
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NewsPioneering family court to go national
Department for Education providing £2.5m to extend drug and alcohol court across England.
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NewsSRA apologises for trainee ‘confusion’
Regulator had released figures suggesting a sharp increase in the number of trainee solicitors.
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NewsChallenge to domestic violence legal aid ruling
Rights of Women charity appealing High Court decision on Law Society-backed challenge.