All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 69
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NewsFirst Welsh council joins Land Registry's digital register
Agency says legislation aligning local land charges service fees enabled it to work with local authorities in Wales.
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NewsGetting £135m for criminal legal aid not easy, says minister
James Cartlidge MP insists at Law Society webinar that practitioners will get a 15% uplift in most fees.
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NewsLand Registry output 'higher than before the pandemic'
Hybrid working believed to have increased productivity but conveyancers complain of delays.
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NewsKhan seeks to appeal High Court order over files
Soophia Khan has asked for order requiring her to hand over files by 4pm today to be stayed.
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News'Loss-making' rates behind decline in community care work
Firms tell social care charity they are reluctant to take on cases because the work is financially unviable.
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NewsMagistrates' new jailing powers come in to force
Critics fear latest measure to tackle court backlog will result in more appeals to the Crown court.
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NewsLondon defence solicitors demand 25% fee increase
Practitioner group revises what it is willing to accept from government after members say 15% uplift isn't enough.
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NewsPart of the union: GMB sets up branch for judges
Prominent trade union insists it does not want to go to war with senior judiciary.
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NewsSRA obtains fresh order for Khan to deliver up files
Solicitor Soophia Khan says her release from prison should have marked end of dispute with regulator.
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NewsCriminal legal aid sector ‘will disappear’, MPs hear
‘If there’s one flaw in the package, then the whole package is flawed,’ Society president tells justice committee.
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NewsRelief as government drops 'remedy presumption' from JR bill
Law Society welcomes decision to remove requirement that would have 'severely curtailed' judicial discretion.
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NewsLegal aid barriers remain for people with 'trapped capital' - research
Public law specialists say low-income homeowners are still struggling to access legal aid following important High Court win.
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News'We have to fight': legal aid providers could decline work
Solicitors urged to tell representative bodies and practitioner groups what action they are prepared to take.
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NewsMinistry of Justice to be grilled by MPs over legal aid proposals
Justice committee will hear evidence from Law Society, Bar Council, justice minister and legal aid policy director.
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NewsBundles guidance 'highlights litigant-in-person struggles'
Respondent in financial remedies proceedings 'encouraged' to help unrepresented applicant to prepare electronic file.
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NewsLAA declines to disclose back-up advocacy numbers for 'no returns'
Several solicitors have publicly declared they will not be helping Legal Aid Agency to undermine criminal bar's action.
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NewsUnlimited sitting days to tackle backlog as action begins to bite
Old Bailey murder prosecution reportedly postponed due to criminal bar's 'no returns' protest as government seeks to boost court capacity.
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NewsThousands interested in becoming magistrates
Ministry of Justice has received 34,524 expressions of interest since it announced £1m campaign.
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NewsSRA announces Khan prosecution days after release from prison
High-profile solicitor Soophia Khan referred to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal over 11 allegations.
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NewsPublic law campaigners help vulnerable child's legal aid challenge
Law Society stepped in financially after LAA refused to grant funding for judicial review claim against the agency's decision.