‘Claimant personal injury lawyers have been left questioning why the government was prepared to announced in yesterday’s Autumn Statement that it is to ban cold-calling in relation to pensions, but not to stop it in personal injury – and whether Chancellor Philip Hammond let slip that the whiplash reforms are already a done deal.’
Legal Futures, 24th November 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘”Devastating” cuts to staff and budgets have undermined the ability of Britain’s equality watchdog to fight a rising tide of discrimination and hate crime, according to unions.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice shows no sign of backing down over court fee hikes, despite a damning verdict from an influential group of MPs. The Commons justice committee called in June for an overhaul of employment tribunal fees and the scrapping of this year’s increase in the divorce petition fee. The government initially stood firm on the necessity of the fees – and a full response to the committee now suggests that position has not changed.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th November 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The NHS will be forced to formally consider whether to fund pills to prevent HIV despite claiming that doing so could mean cancer victims and children with cystic fibrosis are refused treatment.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In his monthly column, James Bickford Smith discusses two important decisions concerning respectively the applicability of costs budgeting rules to litigants in person and the court’s approach to attempts to control a litigant’s choice of McKenzie friends.’
Littleton Chambers, 7th November 2016
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘A High Court judge has made it clear that the court is not required to go along with parties who agree to dispense with costs management.’
Litigation Futures, 7th November 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Francis Kendall reports on a positive result for costs budgeting.’
New Law Journal, 18th October 2016
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice has explicitly acknowledged that staff cuts are a factor in the rising tide of violence in prisons in England and Wales.’
The Guardian, 27th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘ “If Theresa May is really determined to deliver a country that works for all then there needs to be a justice system for everyone, not just those who can afford it,” said Alice Wyss of Amnesty International this week.’
New Law Journal, 20th October 2016
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘The court, with District Judge Lumb sitting as Regional Costs Judge, was asked to decide as a preliminary issue, “to what extent, if at all, does the costs budgeting regime under CPR Part 3 fetter the powers and discretion of the costs judge at a detailed assessment of costs under CPR part 47.”’
Zenith PI Blog, 19th October 2016
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The budgeting regime does not fetter the powers and discretion of the judge at detailed assessment even if the receiving party comes in within the budgeted figures, a regional costs judge has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 14th October 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Police say they are being relied on as an emergency mental health service and that cuts in psychiatric provision are probably to blame, the Guardian has learned.
The Guardian, 9th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Can litigants in person ‘escape’ the rules relating to costs budgeting in all claims? To what extent does the costs management regime under CPR 3.12 to 3.18 apply to the costs of a litigant in person?’
Zenith PI Blog, 23rd September 2016
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The end of the summer holidays is a peak period for breakups. But now couples are looking for fast and amicable ways to avoid being mired in the blame game, will the law finally catch up?’
The Guardian, 23rd August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Salvation Army says it has seen nearly a fivefold rise in the number of slavery victims it has helped in England and Wales since 2012.’
BBC News, 22nd August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘As a reader has been told he must serve as a juror for the fifth time. He’s happy to do so, but repeated summons anger others.’
The Guardian, 20th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A workers’ rights watchdog has had its funding cut by more than half since 2010 and has failed to bring a single prosecution in the past year, according to research by Labour.’
The Guardian, 14th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Hundreds of compensation claims against British soldiers are likely to be abandoned after a controversial law firm accused of “hounding” troops announced that it is closing.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th August 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘New powers to cut off illicit mobile phones used by prisoners to run criminal operations have been introduced in jails across England and Wales.’
The Guardian, 11th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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