Courts, Tribunals & Judiciary
An unjust justice system: The government needs to get real
Editor's note: Can substandard justice – whatever that looks like in practice – be justice at all?
Road map to recovery: ET bodies share 2021 – 2022 vision with ‘realistic optimism’
Heavy reliance to be placed on video and telephone hearings to clear post-pandemic backlog
The gamechanger: One couple, one lawyer
In the late 1940s, there was a crisis in this country, as many more couples were divorcing as a consequence of the second world war. Recognising something
Domicile and wills interpretation
Matthew Duncan considers the court's approach to interpretation in the case of a foreign domiciled person who died leaving a worldwide estate
‘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
Civil justice backlog: Peers call for urgent measures
Government must act urgently to address the case backlog in the family and civil courts, peers said in a new report
Considerably more legal aid funding needed, say peers
MoJ must invest much more to legal aid 'to meet the reality of need', say peers
Consultation: Judges to be deterred from political decisions
The MoJ is consulting on proposals to strike a balance between citizens’ rights and effective governance
Justice backlog: MPs have little confidence in MoJ
The MoJ has lost its way – that’s the underlying message from a damning report from MPs
