Courts, Tribunals & Judiciary

Articles

27 Sept 2016

A beginner's guide to costs management

District Judge Marshall Phillips advises on the best approach to costs budgeting, including cooperating with the other party and ensuring compliance with the CPR

27 Sept 2016

Anti-corruption efforts in China

While steps to increase transparency in Chinese businesses are welcome, commitment to due legal process is still questionable, write James Macdonald and Benjamin Harrison

26 Sept 2016

Court reforms necessary to avoid 'salami slicing' justice

Appeal judge laments 'painful loss of institutional knowledge' following years of cuts

21 Sept 2016

'Wrong' to shift court costs from taxpayers to litigants, says Jackson LJ

Senior judge says there is a 'point of principle' to speak out against court fee hikes

21 Sept 2016

Malicious prosecution: A useful weapon in the armoury

Alec Samuels discusses the extension of the tort of malicious prosecution to civil, as well as criminal proceedings, in Willers

21 Sept 2016

Family courts face 'crisis' amid rise in care cases

'A radical rebalancing of the very functions and purpose of the family courts is needed,' says Munby

16 Sept 2016

Immigration tribunal fees hike to go ahead despite steep opposition

MoJ defies profession and jeopardises access to justice to protect the taxpayer

16 Sept 2016

Transform Justice: Court reforms favour victims and witnesses over defendants

Plans to revolutionise the court system are welcome but is the Lord Chancellor trying to achieve too much, too quickly for too few, asks Matthew Rogers