Monidipa Fouzder
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Rule changes steer families towards non-court dispute resolution
Parents will be informed of various mediation models and judges can ask parties to set out their views on non-court dispute resolution.
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'Stop dragging your feet': Society's criminal legal aid demand ahead of Chalk meeting
Chancery Lane to meet lord chancellor three months after High Court handed down judgment on decision-making process.
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SQE results fiasco: £250 'goodwill payment' on its way
Regulator says payment not in lieu of compensation and candidates will be reimbursed for losses incurred.
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Bar gender pay gap has little to do with caring responsibilities
Women paid significantly less than men from beginning of their career and gap cannot be explained by practice area either.
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Judges 'apprehensive' about security, Family Division president tells MPs
Sir Andrew McFarlane suggests security arrangements in criminal and family courts should be equally tight.
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'Defective, constitutionally improper' Rwanda bill to become law
Attention will now shift to the 25 courtrooms and 150 judges Rishi Sunak announced yesterday to deal with appeals.
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Electronic tagging: Lords committee criticises MoJ for not mentioning DPAs
Secondary legislation scrutiny committee told about deferred prosecution agreements after requesting supplementary information.
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Sunak: 150 judges ready to hear Rwanda appeals
PM says judiciary has made available 25 courtrooms and identified 150 judges who could provide over 5,000 sitting days.
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Does £250 cut it? Picking up the pieces from the SQE1 marking debacle
Kaplan and the SRA have told 175 aspiring solicitors who ‘failed’ SQE1 that they actually passed. An apology and £250 are on offer to candidates who saw their futures in law apparently wiped away.
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Suspended sentence for ex-solicitor convicted of fraud
Judge says former solicitor expressed genuine remorse and offence was committed out of desperation.
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SQE marking fiasco: training contract warning for 'fast-rescinding' employers
City of London Law Society training committee says impact on candidates wrongly told they failed Solicitors Qualifying Examination will be significant.
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SQE marking fiasco: 175 candidates wrongly told they failed exam
Solicitors Regulation Authority 'really disappointed' and conducting review with assessment provider Kaplan.
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'CILEX is not a representative body', members told at SGM
President tells members they cannot influence how and by whom they are regulated and governed.
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Mind your social media manners, dissenting CILEX members warned
Chief executive tells members code of conduct applies to them 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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SRA hikes super-exam fees
Inflation and cost of providing assessment in Welsh behind increase in SQE prices, regulator says.
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LCJ endorses 'recognition list' for pro bono work
Head of the judiciary says pro bono is no substitute for legal aid but lawyers' contributions should be celebrated.
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Barristers outperform solicitors early in judicial recruitment process
Judicial Appointments Commission uses 'qualifying test' when applications significantly outnumber vacancies.
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Increasing court fees? Now do the same for legal aid
Government says 10% hike is justified because costs incurred by HM Courts & Tribunals Service to facilitate access to justice have gone up.
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£593 divorce fee escapes 10% hike
Consultation respondents said higher fee could force couples to remain in unhappy or abusive relationships.
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Kids are all right: Dentons appoints 'shadow' executive team
City firm says business model will future-proof business and give junior lawyers early exposure to executive decision-making.