CriminalGovernment Digital evidence can ‘obscure rather than illuminate’ in criminal cases – Sharp Digital evidence in criminal cases will most likely increase the chances of justice being served,…wp8gF0znTeFoJanuary 9, 2022
GovernmentHuman RightsPeople Diversity could be helped by increase in judicial retirement age, MPs told Raising the judicial retirement age to 75 could enhance diversity on the bench and motivate…wp8gF0znTeFoJanuary 8, 2022
CoronavirusGovernment Law Society encourages closed courts to reopen to ease backlog Court closures have ‘significantly contributed’ to the backlog, and the government needs to contemplate reopening recently closed courts…wp8gF0znTeFoDecember 20, 2021
GovernmentPeople Raab reveals his ‘modern bill of rights’ plan The Human Rights Act 1998 would be succeeded with a ‘bill of rights’ under proposals revealed by the…wp8gF0znTeFoDecember 19, 2021
CoronavirusGovernmentPeople Face-to-face hearings likely to proceed in ‘Plan B’ In person hearings are likely to continue despite the government’s ‘Plan B’ to deal with the increasing…wp8gF0znTeFoDecember 15, 2021
GovernmentLitigation Raab announces that ‘Reforms won’t take shortcuts with parliamentary scrutiny’ Lord chancellor Dominic Raab has announced that the government's human rights and judicial review reforms…wp8gF0znTeFoDecember 11, 2021
CommercialConveyancingEmploymentGovernmentImmigrationLitigationPeople The Budget 2021 Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, today delivered the 2021 Budget in the House of…wp8gF0znTeFoOctober 27, 2021
GovernmentLitigationPeople Fears from regulators that consumers are missing out on LEI Research published has indicated that people may be prohibited from exercising their legal rights due…wp8gF0znTeFoJuly 22, 2021
GovernmentPeople Probate fees set to rise as government aims for an extra £25m a year The Ministry of Justice is seeking to increase probate fees, maintaining that the current system…wp8gF0znTeFoJuly 9, 2021
CoronavirusGovernmentPeople Extra £2m for legal advice announced by MoJ An extra £2m to help legal advice agencies support people who have experienced hardship during…wp8gF0znTeFoJuly 7, 2021