All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 62
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News'Smart home' information added to HIP-inspired form
Latest version of Buyer's and Seller's Property Information form to include more upfront information for prospective buyers.
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NewsMoJ defends legal aid offer following Law Society broadside
Ministry of Justice encourages legal sector to engage with consultation after Chancery Lane withdrew support for proposed reform package.
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NewsMoJ urged to extend family mediation voucher scheme
Around 7,000 families will have benefited from £500 vouchers designed to resolve disputes away from court.
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NewsWhitehall submissions would have 'facilitated' scrutiny of JR reforms - tribunal
Public law specialists lose appeal but tribunal rejects government argument that submissions would 'add nothing' to parliamentary debate.
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NewsMoJ has 'botched' criminal legal aid response - Society
Chancery Lane withdraws support and says solicitors should consider if they want to continue doing publicly funded work.
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NewsCourts case management system glitch as HMCTS resumes rollout
Common Platform working again after practitioners were notified this morning that the system was unavailable.
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NewsDevelopment funding secured for Wales law centre
Steering group seeking to identify urgent priority areas and find opportunities for collaboration.
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NewsScarborough solicitor offers house to Ukrainian refugees
Litigation lawyer Iain Butterworth says he wanted to do something positive.
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News'Absolute scandal': HMCTS urged to cut £593 divorce fee
New digital service is expected to be quicker but fee to file an application for a divorce will remain unchanged.
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NewsNews focus: What will Dominic Raab's bill of rights look like?
The Human Rights Act is likely to be replaced by a bill of rights. Whether the case for reform is made out or not, the lord chancellor does not intend to be thwarted by hostile lawyers
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NewsMagistrates to get half a day's formal training for new sentencing powers
Ministry of Justice says commencement regulations will be introduced 'in the coming weeks'.
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NewsSolicitors 'have higher hurdle to jump' to reach the bench
Judicial Appointments Commission responds to concerns over perceived 'glass ceiling', transparency and recruitment exercise.
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NewsBarristers to press ahead with legal aid action
CBA members will withdraw goodwill from 11 April unless Ministry of Justice shows 'substantial movement'.
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NewsMoJ under pressure to widen scope of divorce reform
Baroness Deech says 'miserable' part of divorce law will remain after no-fault system comes into force next month.
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OpinionMake or break
If Dominic Raab hoped to satisfy and appease criminal legal aid lawyers with his package of reform proposals, he failed.
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NewsNews focus: Is the government's criminal legal aid cash pledge too little, too late?
A cash injection is long overdue, but not everything is at it seems in the government’s response to the criminal legal aid review. Solicitors may get less than £60m a year and not everyone will receive a 15% rise
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News'Being eligible is one thing': means test reform raises concern
Law Society welcomes measures to widen scope of legal aid but worries people may not be able to find a publicly funded solicitor.
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NewsLegal aid strike action 'totally unwarranted' now - Raab
Lord chancellor hopes Criminal Bar Association adopts 'more constructive tone' he has heard from other bodies.
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NewsExtra £135m legal aid cash welcomed but threat of action remains
Law Society and Bar Council welcome announcement but Criminal Bar Association says recommended increase is insufficient.
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NewsRaab pledges to plough £135m into criminal legal aid
Ministers 'accept' central recommendation of independent review but insist they need to consult for 12 weeks.