Bar prepares judicial review to protect criminal fees
8 February 2010
The Bar Council has responded to planned cuts in fees for criminal legal aid barristers by threatening the government with a judicial review.
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Bar prepares judicial review to protect criminal fees
Law Society attacks civil legal aid cuts
5 February 2010
Des Hudson, chief executive of the Law Society, has attacked the latest round of civil legal aid cuts, announced by Lord Bach this week.
Man who hid house in barn wins planning battle
3 February 2010
A man who admitted deceiving a council by building on green belt land in Hertfordshire a ‘barn’ containing a three-bedroom house and a gym, has won his battle for planning permission at the Court of Appeal.
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Pratchett backs assisted suicide tribunals
2 February 2010
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Balls drops plan to exempt academies
2 February 2010
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Terry ruling does not mark "sea change" in favour of press
2 February 2010
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Court of Appeal limits scope of TUPE
1 February 2010
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Vodka wins protection from VODKAT
1 February 2010
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MoJ and City firms in cash boost for law centres
29 January 2010
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University lecturers lose unfair dismissal test case
27 January 2010
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Supreme Court quashes asset-freezing orders
27 January 2010
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DPP under fire for attempted murder charge against mother
26 January 2010
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Religious groups win right not to employ gay staff
26 January 2010
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Government tightens rules on agency workers
26 January 2010
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EHRC calls for abolition of compulsory retirement age
25 January 2010
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Magistrates' details sent to prison by mistake
22 January 2010
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Bar's big guns lose battle over Cypriot holiday home
20 January 2010
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Dismissed employee wins age discrimination claim
20 January 2010
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No "inalienable" right to holidays, EAT rules
20 January 2010
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Straw wants ten per cent cap on success fees for libel
19 January 2010
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Doubts over LSC's new civil contract timetable
19 January 2010
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Young offender punishment regime is unlawful
18 January 2010
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Jackson LJ's call for referral fee ban "misjudged"
18 January 2010
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Government apologises to thalidomide victims
15 January 2010
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Jackson report: out with CFAs, in with contingency fees
14 January 2010
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Solicitors welcome change in rules on accumulations
13 January 2010
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Strasbourg rules stop and search powers unlawful
12 January 2010
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Gurkhas lose pensions challenge
12 January 2010
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Criminal libel abolished
12 January 2010
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Maximum age for firefighters not discriminatory
12 January 2010
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Solicitors set up 'snowline' as accident claims soar
11 January 2010
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Five Crown Courts introduce means testing
11 January 2010
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Handcuffed photographer wins £5,250 compensation
6 January 2010
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Attorney General faces Israeli anger over arrest warrants
6 January 2010
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Revised DNA proposals face further opposition
5 January 2010
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Wolstenholmes intervention the biggest of 2009
5 January 2010
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Music producer wins Marmite battle
5 January 2010
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No Big Brother for Boy George
23 December 2009
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Straw to increase maximum sentence for dangerous driving
23 December 2009
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Tendering for criminal contracts pushed back to February 2010
22 December 2009
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