News – Page 218
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News‘Leap of faith’ needed for solicitor qualification route plans
Chancery Lane responds to plans for a revolution in professional training set out by the SRA.
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Flexible working targets more women judges
The move follows legislation in April to improve diversity.
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Full court listings could be online by April
At present, most court lists are distributed externally only to established newspapers under the so-called ‘press protocol’.
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Neuberger: cuts are ‘blot on the rule of law’
Supreme Court president has warned that proposed legal aid cuts could deny justice to those most in need.
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‘Libel tourism’ cases thrown out
Two rulings dismissed claims brought in London against foreign publications.
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NewsTraining overhaul at least four years away, says SRA
The SRA’s Training for Tomorrow policy document proposes moving away from academic routes into the profession.
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NewsLCJ urges Wales to start afresh
Access to justice requires ‘good and properly drafted law’, says Sir John Thomas.
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NewsBritons take to video to learn US law
University responds to growing demand from lawyers who wanted to add US qualifications without having to relocate.
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Lawyers in France strike
The move is a sign of growing anger among the French legal profession over legal aid cuts.
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Scholarship payments on offer
University and newspaper team up to offer scholarships and work experience placements.
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EU access directive
Directive will guarantee people facing criminal proceedings the right to the effective assistance of a lawyer.
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NewsKill off outdated family law, says retiring Coleridge
The private sector should take the lead in developing alternatives to the ‘bloodshed, time and cost’ of court, family judge says.
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NewsNational Crime Agency opens for business
The home secretary has published the government’s strategy to ‘relentlessly pursue’ organised and serious crime.
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NewsSociety’s mission to explain at IBA
Law Society wants to ’dispel myths’ surrounding liberalisation of the legal market.
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NewsOpening of the Legal Year - gallery
Today marked the Opening of the Legal Year. Click through our gallery of the best images from the event.
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NewsGrayling promises ECHR bill in 2014
Government to act on long-held concerns at human rights legislation.
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Barristers quit panel in QASA protest
CBA members told that the move represents the ‘first sign of collateral damage’ in the QASA ‘mess’.
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Referrals to family mediation plummet
The practice is seen as the government’s flagship solution to the removal of legal aid and congested courts.
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New role for Leveson
Top role for judge who carried out the 2011-12 public inquiry into the behaviour of the British press.
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NewsCriminal barristers set to target courts
Criminal Bar Association has stressed the bar’s concerns over the government’s ‘sustained attack’ on the criminal justice system.