News – Page 71
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NewsEmployment tribunal claims soar by 90%
Quarterly statistics for employment tribunal claims reveal huge increase since fees ruling.
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NewsLammy: find me an ethnic minority judge and I'll buy you a beer
MP for Tottenham says he should have recommended quotas for the judiciary in his race review.
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NewsNo more 'complaints': Bar watchdog mulls governance shake-up
Regulator says its plans will create a more ‘transparent and positive relationship’ with the public.
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NewsLASPO review: MoJ issues terms of reference to gather evidence
Four consultative groups will be set up to cover civil, family and criminal justice and the advice sector.
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NewsSuper-exam decision delayed again
Legal Services Board tells regulator it needs to consider ‘additional correspondence’ on SQE
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NewsGovernment proposes single court order to fight domestic abuse
Home Office and Ministry of Justice also call for new statutory definition for abuse.
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NewsLASPO review: government to revisit 'ambitious' summer deadline
Justice secretary David Gauke insists he does not want the review to slip into 2019.
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NewsRosenblatt gives nothing away on stock market plans
City of London practice would become fourth firm to float in its own right on London Stock Exchange.
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NewsFluctuating hate crime figures prompt CPS and police to reexamine cases
Director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders tells MPs that prosecution and conviction figures appear to be too low.
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NewsHale says test of dishonesty may be question for parliament
Supreme Court president was speaking about the ruling in Ivey v Genting Casinos Ltd t/a Crockfords - the ’edge sorting’ case.
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NewsFirm in trade mark row with embattled football club
Football club posts photograph of letter announcing registration of its name.
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NewsGovernment defends immigration exemption to data law
Second reading of Data Protection Bill dominated by debate over press freedom.
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NewsSociety urges caution on disclosure reform
Working group’s proposals for reforming pre-trial disclosure due to be approved in coming weeks.
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News'From the conventional to the cunning': Gauke takes on criminal gangs in prisons
Justice secretary says pages of letters purporting to be from solicitors are soaked in drugs.
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NewsJudge concerned at witness statement overload in Slater and Gordon case
Application hearing today in claim over £637m acquisition.
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NewsCriminal barristers regularly forgoing lunch to prop up crumbling system
CBA chair says profession is losing ‘talented members’ who cannot cope with attrition of endless hours and little pay.
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NewsMoJ asked to explain three-hour, 22-minute estimate for court trip
Commons justice select committee questions assumptions in letter to justice minister Lucy Frazer.
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NewsNew data law threatens immigration challenges
Bar adds its voice to concerns about proposal to exempt Home Office from subject access requests.
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NewsGovernment lifts libel costs threat
Section 40 of Crime and Courts Act to be repealed ’at the earliest opportunity’.
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News'This is the future': HMCTS unveils £8m Birmingham transformation
Combined civil, family and tribunal justice centre will house 59 courtrooms and chambers, 60 judges and 223 members of staff.