All News articles – Page 203
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NewsMPs to grill MoJ officials on damning legal aid report
Public accounts committee seeks evidence from practitioners before questioning MoJ permanent secretary and LAA chief executive.
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NewsLitigation funding: Florida lawmakers back landmark regulation
Bill proposes to increase transparency of agreements and limit profits.
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NewsNews focus: First lady chief justice faces the media
Learning from other jurisdictions was a key theme of the lady chief justice’s first annual press conference. Open justice, diversity and broadcasting court proceedings also cropped up.
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NewsDetention at Her Majesty’s Pleasure incompatible with young murderer's human rights
High Court judges made declaration under Human Rights Act 1998 following young offender’s claim.
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News'I was a complete arse' to my solicitors, bitcoin 'inventor' tells court
Dr Craig Wright tells court of 'yelling and screaming' at his legal team in the run-up to 'Satoshi identity' trial.
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NewsHousing possession spike prompts urgent legal aid plea
Latest Ministry of Justice data shows mortgage and landlord possession claims and orders continue to climb.
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NewsPost Office scandal expert Moorhead predicts solicitor strike-offs
Lawyers have been ‘everywhere’ in the scandal, Professor Richard Moorhead tells legal ethics conference.
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NewsCreditors’ losses from Metamorph collapse now exceed £20m
Wash-up from two businesses in the network reveals millions more in unpaid debts.
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News‘Slow and reactive’: NAO criticises government’s management of legal aid
Public spending watchdog says Ministry of Justice’s ‘reactive’ approach to market sustainability is concerning.
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NewsTop earner paid £6.3m as soaring salaries hit profits at Fieldfisher
Over £13m has been paid to the European firm’s highest earner in the past two years.
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NewsSolicitors on 24-hour police station rota raise health and safety concerns
Legal Aid Agency is conducting snap consultation on dividing 24-hour rota into two 12-hour shifts.
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NewsMemory lane
Relaxation of 'hiving off' rule, a solicitors' building society and a three-day week: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsOld Bailey remains closed following electrical fire
Around 1,500 people were evacuated and the fire was under control by yesterday afternoon.
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NewsSummary judgment for 'disaster troll' claim
Conspiracy theorist who claimed the Manchester Arena bombing was not real faces claims for harassment and misuse of private information.
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NewsQuarter of lawyers 'regularly use' generative AI
Nearly two thirds of firms have already made changes to their day-to-day operations, according to UK survey.
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NewsRoughed up justice
Former MP Rory Stewart voices some forthright views on HMCTS’s reform programme.
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NewsLAA requests status update on 17,000 'inactive' cases
Legal Aid Agency says review not designed to work out how much money is owed but it will help predict future expenditure.
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NewsPlexus lender loses hope of clawing back £4.6m debt
Administrators’ update says there have been no further funds realised to pay creditors.
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NewsNew twist in 'pathological litigation' between solicitors
Appeal judges find it ‘cannot be necessary in the interests of justice’ to allow firm to reopen appeal.