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Calls for review of legal aid means test

Law Society claims current test excludes those below the poverty line

22 March 2018
Legal aid earnings a cause for concern
22 March 2018
The Unison effect Premium Content

Steve Hynes discusses the root causes of a big rise in employment tribunal cases

16 March 2018 / Steve Hynes
Opportunity knocks Premium Content

The new Lord Chancellor has a great chance to make equal access to justice a reality, as Geoffrey Bindman explains

16 February 2018 / Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
The justice gap revisited Premium Content

Jon Robins pays tribute to Sir Henry Brooke—a tireless & effective campaigner

08 February 2018 / Dr Jon Robins
LASPO failing children

Research reveals thousands of young people ‘at grave risk’

08 February 2018
Legal stress abounds
08 February 2018
Fee cuts to be challenged in High Court
26 January 2018
TLEF grants drive rule of law
22 January 2018
Legal aid evidence victory

Five-year time limit abandoned for domestic violence victims

10 January 2018
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NLJ this week: When saying no to mediation pays
Refusing ADR is risky—but not always fatal. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed and Sanjay Dave Singh of the University of Leicester analyse Assensus Ltd v Wirsol Energy Ltd: despite repeated invitations to mediate, the defendant stood firm, made a £100,000 Part 36 offer and was ultimately ‘wholly vindicated’ at trial
NLJ this week: 40 years on, has PACE lost its edge?
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 transformed criminal justice. Writing in NLJ this week, Ed Cape of UWE and Matthew Hardcastle and Sandra Paul of Kingsley Napley trace its ‘seismic impact’
NLJ this week: Stress-testing the City
Operational resilience is no longer optional. Writing in NLJ this week, Emma Radmore and Michael Lewis of Womble Bond Dickinson explain how UK regulators expect firms to identify ‘important business services’ that could cause ‘intolerable levels of harm’ if disrupted
NLJ this week: How sure is ‘sure’ enough?
Criminal juries may be convicting—or acquitting—on a misunderstanding. Writing in NLJ this week Paul McKeown, Adrian Keane and Sally Stares of The City Law School and LSE report troubling survey findings on the meaning of ‘sure’
NLJ this week: A deferred prosecution reprieve
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has narrowly preserved a key weapon in its anti-corruption arsenal. In this week's NLJ, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers examines Guralp Systems Ltd v SFO, in which the High Court ruled that a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) remained in force despite the company’s failure to disgorge £2m by the stated deadline
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