Family judges must take bigger role to curb court battlegrounds – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 1st, 2011 in case management, children, family courts, judges, legal aid, news, speeches by sally

“Judges should take a more active role in family cases to stop them becoming ‘battlegrounds’ for warring parents who use children as ‘ammunition’, one of the country’s most senior judges said.”

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Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Changing the culture – Speech by Sir Nicholas Wall, President of the Family Division

Posted November 30th, 2011 in budgets, family courts, judges, legal aid, speeches by sally

Changing the culture (PDF)

Speech by Sir Nicholas Wall, President of the Family Division

The Law Reform Committee of the Bar Council, 29th November 2011

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

‘Few’ solicitors understand e-disclosure, says Jackson – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted November 29th, 2011 in costs, disclosure, electronic filing, news, practice directions, speeches by sally

“Lord Justice Jackson has warned that ‘huge’ sums of money will be wasted if the legal profession gets electronic disclosure wrong. Delivering the seventh lecture on implementing his civil litigation reforms, the judge said effective training is ‘essential’ for solicitors, judges and counsel if the practice direction issued a year ago on electronic disclosure is to be operated effectively.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 28th November 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Controlling The Costs of Disclosure – Seventh Lecture in the implementation programme – Speech by Lord Justice Jackson

Controlling The Costs of Disclosure – Seventh Lecture in the implementation programme (PDF)

Speech by Lord Justice Jackson

The LexisNexis Conference on Avoiding and Resolving Construction Disputes, 24th November 2011

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Lady Hale warns of consequences of legal aid cuts – The Guardian

Posted November 29th, 2011 in bills, civil justice, judges, law centres, legal aid, news, speeches by sally

“The supreme court judge’s speech to the Law Centres Federation’s conference on the effects of the government’s proposed legal aid bill.”

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The Guardian, 28th November 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Achieving A Culture Change In Case Management – Fifth Lecture in the Implementation Programme – Speech by Lord Justice Jackson

Posted November 23rd, 2011 in case management, civil procedure rules, speeches by sally

Achieving A Culture Change In Case Management (PDF)

Speech by Lord Justice Jackson

Fifth Lecture in the Implementation Programme, 22nd November 2011

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Government proposed to regulate banking industry’s consumer payments body – OUT-LAW.com

Posted November 15th, 2011 in financial regulation, news, reports, speeches by sally

“The Government will introduce proposals next year to regulate the banking-industry body that runs the UK’s payments system, it has said.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 14th November 2011

Source: www.out-law.com

Focusing Expert Evidence and Controlling Costs – Fourth Lecture in the Implementation Programme – Speech by Lord Justice Jackson

Posted November 14th, 2011 in costs, evidence, expert witnesses, speeches by sally

Focusing Expert Evidence and Controlling Costs – Fourth Lecture in the Implementation Programme (PDF)

Speech by Lord Justice Jackson

The Bond Solon Annual Expert Witness Conference, 11th November 2011

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Third Lecture in the Implementation Programme – Speech by Lord Justice Jackson

Third Lecture in the Implementation Programme (PDF)

Speech by Lord Justice Jackson

Judiciary of England and Wales, 31st October 2011

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Jackson: civil justice reforms are balanced – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted November 1st, 2011 in civil justice, costs, judges, news, speeches by sally

“‘Lawyers leave no stone unturned when it comes to arguing about costs,’ the architect of the civil justice reforms being introduced by government said this week.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 1st November 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Costs rule ‘will fuel litigation’ – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted October 27th, 2011 in costs, news, proportionality, speeches by sally

“Litigators may face a tough new rule on the ‘proportionality’ of their costs that could fuel satellite litigation and uncertainty, experts warned last week.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 27th October 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Attorney General speaks on the European Convention on Human Rights – Attorney General’s Office

Posted October 25th, 2011 in attorney general, courts, human rights, news, speeches by sally

“In a speech to a legal audience at London’s Lincoln Inn this evening, the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC MP, said that the benefits of remaining within the Convention and retaining our position as a leader of the international community are seen by the government to be fundamental to our national interest.”

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Attorney General’s Office, 24th October 2011

Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

The Role of Judges In The Success of UK PLC – Speech by Mr Justice Vos

Posted October 20th, 2011 in Commercial Court, company law, judiciary, speeches by tracey

“KPMG Lecture, 18th October 2011.”

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Judiciary of England & Wales, 18th October 2011

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Justice in a time of economic crisis and in the age of the internet – Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls

Posted October 19th, 2011 in civil justice, courts, internet, legal profession, speeches by sally

Justice in a time of economic crisis and in the age of the internet (PDF)

Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls

High Sheriff’s Lecture 2011, 13th October 2011

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Contingency Legal Aid Fund and Supplementary Legal Aid Fund – Speech by Lord Justice Jackson

Posted October 13th, 2011 in costs, legal aid, speeches by tracey

” “In this lecture to the Professional Negligence Bar Association (‘PNBA’) I want to concentrate on the question of creating a contingency legal fund (‘CLAF’) or possibly more than one such fund and a Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme (‘SLAS’). It is only now (when the abolition of recoverable success fees has been announced) that such a venture becomes possible…’ ”

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Judiciary of England and Wales, 11th October 2011

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Solicitor General: speech to 2011 Legal Wales Conference – Attorney General’s Office

Posted October 10th, 2011 in devolution, speeches, Wales by sally

Solicitor General: speech to 2011 Legal Wales Conference

Attorney General’s Office, 7th October 2011

Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

Keynote address – EWI Annual Conference 2011 – Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls

Posted October 6th, 2011 in evidence, expert witnesses, immunity, speeches by sally

Keynote address – EWI Annual Conference 2011 (PDF)

Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls

EWI Annual Conference, 5th October 2011

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Attorney General: current Government policy on economic crime – Attorney General’s Office

Posted October 6th, 2011 in attorney general, bribery, fraud, national crime agency, speeches by sally

Attorney General: current Government policy on economic crime

Speech by Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP

Attorney General’s Office, 5th September 2011

Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

Magna Carta and the Judges – Realising the vision – Speech by the Right Honourable Lady Justice Arden DBE

Posted October 6th, 2011 in judiciary, magna carta, speeches by sally

Magna Carta and the Judges – Realising the vision (PDF)

Speech by the Right Honourable Lady Justice Arden DBE

Royal Holloway, June 2011

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Keynote speech, RICS Dilapidations Conference 2011 – Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls

Posted October 3rd, 2011 in civil procedure rules, dilapidations, expert witnesses, speeches, surveyors by sally

Keynote speech, RICS Dilapidations Conference 2011 (PDF)

Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls

Judiciary of England and Wales, 30th September 2011

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk