News – Page 150
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NewsLord Bach: Labour helped erode consensus on legal aid
Former justice minister says Labour’s review of reforms will try to restore consensus on need for legal aid.
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NewsConveyancers face possibility of more stamp duty reform
Higher rate of stamp duty on the purchase of additional residential properties comes into force on 1 April.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency spends £93m on cases not heard in court
National Audit Office says criminal justice system is not delivering value for money.
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News‘Distinct arrangements’ needed for Welsh law – minister
No case 'at present' for dividing single jurisdiction, government announces.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency names new chief executive
Shaun McNally CBE, currently director of casework, will be responsible for the LAA’s 'day-to-day running’.
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News‘Campaigning’ McKenzie friends avoid £2,000 cost order
Claimant ordered to pay costs after two helpers went beyond their remit in immigration case.
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NewsMoJ to spend £400k on London alcohol tags
Scheme to combat alcohol-related crime to be extended in the capital following 18-month pilot.
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NewsSupreme Court to hear two challenges on access to justice
Employment tribunal fees and legal aid residence test subject of appeals.
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NewsLocalising prosecution service ‘dangerous’, former DPP warns
Lord Macdonald says devolving powers will lead to criminal justice inconsistencies around the country.
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NewsSupreme Court rejects ‘illogical’ precedent on death payments
Court finds calculating damages from the date of death meant the claimant suffered a discount.
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NewsCMA investigation timetable ‘challenging’, senior lawyer says
Competition and Markets Authority is currently reviewing legal services.
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NewsFixed costs trumped by Part 36 offer, rules Court of Appeal
Costs expert declares judgment as ‘stupendous result’ for claimants.
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NewsLCJ: we must start again on civil justice
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd says system must be adapted to do more without lawyers.
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NewsCPS inspectors call for ‘culture change’
Efforts to reduce delays hampered by failure to engage effectively with defence.
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NewsSupreme Court ruling sought on extent of LPP
At issue is whether steps to isolate material potentially subject to legal professional privilege should be carried out in-house or by independent technical experts.
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NewsCourt staff suspended over warrant errors
Michael Gove tells MPs that dozens of community penalty breach warrants were processed incorrectly.
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NewsMoJ probes new ways of raising cash from offenders
Review of financial impositions follows abolition of criminal courts charge in December.
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NewsLegal aid firm told to repay £800,000
High Court backs lord chancellor's claim to recoup payments on account.
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NewsCourt rules domestic violence legal aid time limit invalid
Rule requiring two-year time limit for providing some forms of evidence declared invalid.
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NewsNew OPG guidance on client accounts
Management of deputyship funds should be done with the client’s best interests in mind, the Office of the Public Guardian stresses.