Courts, Tribunals & Judiciary

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30 Aug 2011

Thornhill defends magistrates' riot sentencing

John Thornhill, chairman of the Magistrates Association, has denied claims by the Prison Governors Association (PGA) that lay magistrates were caught up in a “feeding frenzy” of disproportionate sentencing in the wake of the riots.

23 Aug 2011

Working wonders

Law at work with Philip Henson

15 Aug 2011

Family guys

New fathers would benefit from extended leave under proposals that would also enable mothers to return to work earlier, but will new laws be an administrative nightmare for employers? Jane Wheeler reports

8 Aug 2011

CJC condemns county court reforms

Council says access to court must be 'unfettered'

8 Aug 2011

Update: divorce

Malta was one of the last countries not to have divorce laws until the island voted in favour in a referendum in May. Austin Chessell reports

25 Jul 2011

Thinking cap

Jackson LJ's proposed cap on success fees could see claimants losing a lot more than 25 per cent of their damages, warns Simon Gibbs

22 Jun 2011

Supreme Court sets wider test for judicial reviews against tribunals

The Supreme Court has set a new, and more generous, test for judicial reviews against decisions of the Upper Tribunal.

20 Jun 2011

Solicitors' firm accepts defeat in battle to save court

Robin Murray & Co, the Kent law firm which launched a judicial review to save Sittingbourne Magistrates' Court, has accepted defeat.