News – Page 35
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NewsFee setback adds to lord chancellor’s woes
Highly critical report accused Liz Truss of ‘overstepping her powers’.
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NewsFunerals merged with newly profitable ABS pioneer Co-op Legal
Mutual’s legal business - which once aspired to a ’3,000-strong workforce providing one-stop legal advice from cradle to grave’ - is being wrapped in to a new Life Planning Division.
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NewsLord chancellor 'overstepping powers' with probate fee rise
Parliamentary committee on statutory instruments says charges ‘have the hallmarks of taxes rather than fees’.
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NewsUse YouTube, not lawyers, ministers tell disability parents
Department for Education and the MoJ want lawyers kept out of hearings to determine disputes between parents of disabled children and local authorities.
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NewsCourt of Appeal ruling prompts renewed no-fault divorce plea
Lady Justice Hallett says judgment in contested case will leave Tini Owens in a ‘very unhappy situation’.
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NewsJustice cooperation must be Brexit priority, MPs urge
Cross-border legal rights among the four 'must haves' in new justice relationship with the EU 27.
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NewsMoJ issues clarification on probate fees after outcry
Government responds to questions over rise in fees to fund the court service.
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NewsBrexit: ‘common law can't replace mutual recognition deals’
Committee of peers says alternatives to civil justice cooperation deals must be put in place before UK leaves the CJEU.
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Pro bono barristers praised despite ‘disappointment’ in wills case
Heather Ilott’s representatives spent seven years working on case with no remuneration.
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NewsSupreme Court rules in favour of animal charities in ‘reasonable provision’ wills dispute
Ruling emphasises principle that appellate courts cannot start again from scratch; Lady Hale calls for clarification of inheritance law.
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NewsMunby sees off royal pretender in six paragraphs
President of the Family Division says he had 'no hesitation’ in concluding that he should strike out the claim.
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Supreme Court to rule on animal charity will row
Court of Appeal ruling said Heather Ilott’s mother did not make reasonable provision in her will.
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NewsMunby: ‘judges should not have to justify themselves’
Family Division president defends importance of an independent judiciary.
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NewsLegal services market shrinks for the first time since financial crisis – report
Turnover declined by 5.2% in 2016, with the bar the hardest hit, according to research by consultancy IRN.
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NewsJudge calls for feedback on adoption orders
Lord Justice McFarlane highlights lack of system for keeping judges informed of the outcome of their decisions.
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NewsGovernment’s probate plans under fire from Tory backbench
Jacob Rees-Mogg MP says government should not introduce ‘stealth taxes’.
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NewsProlific LiP’s case partly struck out to give her a helping hand
High Court judge says claimant should treat his strike-out as a form of legal advice.
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NewsJudge suggests Facebook for tracing parents in adoption cases
Court laments that birth mother was not even aware of adoption application involving her child.
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NewsConsumers ‘happy’ with solicitors’ services but price issue remains, SRA says
Research published by Solicitors Regulation Authority details experiences of vulnerable consumers in family cases.
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NewsDomestic violence evidence requirement removed
Law Society welcomes government decision to remove five-year time limit.