23 Apr 2021Lockdown no excuse: court refuses to rectify error after claim form 'slipped through the net'A trainee ommitted to attach the claim form to the service email
16 Apr 2021Lawyers chastised for non-compliance with PDsDuring a return to the bench, Sir James Munby has chastised lawyers for ignoring practice directions
13 Apr 2021Litigation firms 'expected' to have links with costs lawyersA Senior Courts Costs Office decision has emphasised that firms should employ costs lawyers or risk paying a heavy financial price
1 Apr 2021An unjust justice system: The government needs to get realEditor's note: Can substandard justice – whatever that looks like in practice – be justice at all?
30 Mar 2021Considerably more legal aid funding needed, say peersMoJ must invest much more to legal aid 'to meet the reality of need', say peers
30 Mar 2021'Justice depends on government': Peers publish damning report The quality of justice is increasingly at risk and it's the government's fault, peers have concluded in a comprehensive report
29 Mar 2021Consultation: Judges to be deterred from political decisionsThe MoJ is consulting on proposals to strike a balance between citizens' rights and effective governance
23 Mar 2021Dealing with insolvent opponentsIt's not the end of the road if the opposing party becomes insolvent, as Rebecca Stratton explains