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The Bill of Rights has been dropped, the Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk confirmed this week

Commercial mediators have united to intervene in a case that could overturn Halsey.

A range of senior judicial roles are now open to CILEX lawyers, after the relevant legislation came into force last week.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has pledged an extra £10.4m for free legal advice charities helping people with housing, family, welfare and debt issues.

Sir Peter Fraser has been appointed chair of the Law Commission of England and Wales, replacing Sir Nicholas Green. His three-year term begins on 1 December.

The Law Society has drawn attention to the government’s lack of funding of the criminal justice system, following the publication of the criminal court quarterly statistics.

The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary (CTJ) has revised its principles on Transforming Summary Justice in the Magistrates’ Courts.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) have reported that one million pleas have now been made online in the criminal courts, since the implementation of the digital plea service in 2014, as part of the HMCTS Reform Programme.

It pays to be specific when setting out points of dispute, as Laura Rees, council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, explains in this week’s NLJ

NLJ's latest Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week's issue

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