‘The legal profession yesterday expressed disappointment at the lack of attention given to the justice system in the Spring Budget, which will see the Ministry of Justice’s expenditure fall next year by half a billion pounds.’
Legal Futures, 7th March 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has taken the unusual step of reversing a circuit judge’s decision to reduce a costs budget, finding she “closed her mind to any argument” based on a comparison with the other side’s.’
Legal Futures, 28th February 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Victims of the contaminated blood scandal have urged the government to set out a compensation scheme, for those affected, in next week’s Budget.’
BBC News, 28th February 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A recent report by Manchester Metropolitan University, ‘The Mounting Cost of Injustice: Calculating the Economic Cost of Joint Enterprise’, reveals that £1.2bn of taxpayer money is spent annually to convict an average of 1,088 individuals under joint enterprise.’
Each Other, 19th February 2024
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘Austerity has contributed to a rise in the number of children in care, the most senior judge in the family courts has told the BBC.’
BBC News, 29th January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Dilapidation is “endemic” in Britain’s crumbling court system, with around 100 unplanned courtroom closures every week exacerbating trial delays, the head of the judiciary has warned.’
The Independent, 18th January 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Chief Coroner has published a report reflecting on the impact of the reforms to the coroner service that came into effect 10 years ago, the current state of the service and its challenges for the future.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 11th January 2024
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘The chief coroner has called for another overhaul of a service that has become a postcode lottery following deep cuts to local authority funding.’
Law Society's Gazette, 11th January 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Even the most seasoned pensions tax expert will surely have found the period since the government’s announcement on pension tax in the Spring Budget of 15 March 2023 bewildering, as the number of hyperlinked documents in this article demonstrates.’
Pensions Barrister, 11th January 2024
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘Imam, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Croydon (2023) UKSC 45. This is the long awaited Supreme Court decision in Imam v Croydon on what conditions a court should have regard to in deciding whether to make a mandatory order that the local authority comply with its section 193(2) Housing Act 1996 duty to provide suitable accommodation. At first instance, Croydon have avoided a mandatory order, despite Ms Imam having been in what was acknowledged to be unsuitable accommodation for what was then 5 years, in part on the basis of a fairly general assertion that LB Croydon had no suitable houses and no money (our note here). This was reversed by the Court of Appeal (our note here), which held that a pleading of lack of resources would have to be demonstrated in detail, with evidence of steps taken, before a court would accept this as a reason not to make a mandatory order.’
Nearly Legal, 3rd December 2023
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A prisoner escape, widespread overcrowding and the refusal of a German court to extradite a man to the UK because of concerns about jail conditions in Britain have all put the focus back on the creaking prison system.’
The Guardian, 26th September 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘GB News breached impartiality rules in an interview with Jeremy Hunt, the broadcasting watchdog has found.’
BBC News, 18th September 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Individual solicitors and their firms will be paying an extra £13.2m to be regulated and represented in the coming year, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has confirmed.’
Legal Futures, 7th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A City firm has been lambasted by a judge for a costs bill fiasco which saw clients applying for relief at the High Court.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th July 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The proportion of claims settled by NHS Resolution pre-issue hit a record 80% in the last year, but the cost of claims still rose, according to its annual report.’
Legal Futures, 20th July 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Vulnerable women in England and Wales, including survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, are being denied justice because of cuts to the civil legal aid budget, a thinktank has said.’
The Guardian, 13th July 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court is set to hear a challenge from Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust over a decision by three local councils to refuse its request for developer contributions towards healthcare service provision before approving a 2,200-dwelling development.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th July 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Law Society has warned that a proposed 15% increase in legal aid rates will not be enough to ensure that there are sufficient immigration lawyers to deal with the government’s controversial scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.’
The Guardian, 5th July 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Public confidence in the justice system is at risk of being undermined by the courts and tribunals service amid delays to key reforms, MPs have warned in a scathing report.’
The Independent, 30th June 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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