7 Sept 2020Further measures to tackle criminal case backlogThe MoJ has announced new measures including eight new Nightingale courts to deal with the significant criminal case backlog
14 Aug 2020Nightingale courts map launched amid covid-19 court hours controversyLawyers can now find out which Nightingale courts are operational through a newly launched interactive map from the Law Society
10 Aug 2020Reduced sentences for early guilty pleas may be discardedThe Law Society calls for a “consistent approach” in giving credit on sentencing for guilty pleas
6 Jul 2020Law leaders refuse to support 'any steps to remove the right to jury trials'The leaders of the solicitors' and barristers' professions have stated they will not support "any steps to remove the right to jury trials"
26 Jun 2020Forget scrapping jury trials, warns Law SocietyThere should be no restriction on jury trials, the Law Society warned, and proposals to extend court sitting hours requires "extreme caution”
24 Jun 2020Young offenders face 'travesty of justice' because of backlogHundreds of children will be convicted as adults because of severe delays in the criminal justice system, a charity has warned
19 Jun 2020'Serious risk' of widescale market collapse of criminal firmsGovernment must urgently address firms' cashflow problems as the first wave of criminal law firm closures hits, warns the Law Society
18 Jun 2020Lockdown devastates conveyancing, criminal and immigration practicesHigh street lawyers are hit “hard and fast” by covid-19 with residential conveyancing suffering disproportionately, a significant report has found