Courts, Tribunals & Judiciary

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21 Sept 2010

Sharp rise in cost of criminal courts despite cuts and redundancies

The cost of the magistrates' and Crown Courts has risen sharply despite widespread redundancies and millions of pounds in efficiency savings.

13 Sept 2010

Advocates remember the 'greatest jurist of our time'

Lawyers have reacted with sadness to the death this weekend of Lord Bingham, described today by Lord Hope, the deputy president of the Supreme Court, as the "greatest jurist of our time".

9 Sept 2010

Boundary dispute edges towards Supreme Court

The dispute opposing two neighbours over the boundary line separating their properties could be heard by the Supreme Court, Solicitors Journal has learned.

8 Sept 2010

DPP backs 'second degree murder' charge

Keir Starmer QC, the DPP, has said he backs the introduction of a US-style second degree murder charge.

7 Sept 2010

Seismic shift

With Jackson LJ's shake-up of civil litigation costs looming large on the horizon, a new legal landscape beckons, writes Martin Farber

6 Sept 2010

Boy in the corner

The notion that the Supreme Court's ruling on a severely disabled boy's right to education has opened the floodgates could not be further from the truth, argues Yvonne Spencer

18 Aug 2010

Westfield justice "not likely to go anywhere", admit JPs

The proposal to set up courts in shopping centres was just a stunt, the deputy chairman of the Magistrates Association has admitted.

16 Aug 2010

Coroners' reforms could be among casualties of £2bn cuts

Long-overdue reforms to the system of coroners could become one of the casualties of the massive cuts facing the Ministry of Justice, it has emerged.