‘Britain’s finest legal minds have been asked to make sense of some of life’s thorniest problems, but few compare to that posed by the followers of Sant Baba Jeet Singh Ji Maharaj – specifically whether he is a Sikh saint, the Third Holy Saint in fact.’
The Independent, 8th June 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Lord Justice Jackson, architect of the civil justice reforms, has overturned a High Court decision which wrongly interpreted his own changes to the system.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th May 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Response of the Judicial Executive Board, drafted with input from the Association of Her Majesty’s District Judges and the Council of Her Majesty’s Circuit Judges.’
Judiciary of England and Wales, 13th May 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Senior judges have launched their most scathing attack yet on the government’s cuts to civil legal aid. In written evidence responding to the government’s consultation on the first year of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act, the Judicial Executive Board said courts have faced an ‘unprecedented increase’ in numbers of litigants in person (LiPs).’
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th May 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Mr Justice Holman was angry. Pauline Chai, the Miss Malaysia wife of Laura Ashley tycoon Khoo Kay Peng had filed to divorce her husband in a £500m case – yet earlier this month the businessman failed for the second time to turn up at the High Court.’
The Independent, 9th May 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Legal aid cuts will not undermine family justice, the head of the Family Division insisted last week as he mooted plans for judge-free divorces and greater legal rights for separating cohabitees.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th May 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
R v O’Brien (Appellant) [2014] UKSC 23 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 2nd April 2014
‘The Ministry of Justice has confirmed it will go ahead with a series of changes to court fees from 22 April.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd April 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Vulnerable domestic abuse victims will be helped by the scrapping of fees for domestic violence injunctions, Courts Minister Shailesh Vara has announced.’
Ministry of Justice, 1st April 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, delivered a speech last week in which he radically called for a judge-led inquisitorial system to be considered for family and civil courts. He commented that, within the family law arena, the current adversarial method of dealing with cases was ill-suited to both the types of cases seen there and the significant numbers of litigants in person who now make up large numbers of the users of that system.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 12th March 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘It is a pleasure and a privilege to have been asked to give this short address tonight. It is an important time for both Justice the organisation and for our justice system. With that in mind I want to focus on what I have described in the title as “Reshaping Justice”.’
Judiciary of England & Wales, 4th March 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Senior judges have savaged government proposals for reforming court fees, warning that they are based on ‘inadequate’ and compromised research, and basic misconceptions about the way the courts operate.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th March 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Government plans to increase the cost of going to court in England and Wales would undermine the civil and family justice system, top judges have said.’
BBC News, 4th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judge-led, inquisitorial system of justice may be a better way of conducting family and civil cases where litigants are unrepresented, the lord chief justice has suggested.’
The Guardian, 4th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Britain’s international reputation for justice is not just a matter of pride: it also earns billions in exports.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Dominic Regan predicts the likely civil procedure developments for 2014.’
New Law Journal, 29th January 2014
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘The High Court will host some of the largest-value cases it has ever seen in 2014 – but only the biggest disputes will fight all the way.’
The Lawyer, 6th January 2014
Source: www.thelawyer.com
‘Companies seeking to recover large sums through the civil courts could be charged up to £20,000 in fees under proposals put forward by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).’
OUT-LAW.com, 6th December 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
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