Legal News

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced investment of £3m into technology start-up incubator CodeBase and legal tech community Legal Geek, in an effort to facilitate the development of technology for use across the legal sector. 

In the Spring Budget 2023, on 15 March 2023, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has announced changes to the capital investment figures for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), and introduced a time limit in respect of civil claims where funds paid into the Court Funds Office remain unclaimed for 30 years or more.

n the Spring Budget 2023, on 15 March 2023, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, announced a ‘Brexit Pubs Guarantee,’ additional increases in defence spending, and a suite of local devolution deals providing funding for areas committed to a mayor or directly elected leader. The Chancellor also announced the development of a new Government Efficiency Framework and further funding for devolved administrations through the Barnett formula.

A corporation tax hike from 19% to 25% for businesses making profits of more than £250,000, and changes to pensions, childcare and disability benefits were some of the headline figures of the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt’s Budget

Lawyers have lambasted both the government’s Illegal Migration Bill and the surrounding rhetoric about ‘lefty lawyers’.

Small and medium-sized law firms performed well during 2021-2022 despite challenging circumstances, according to the Law Society’s annual Financial Benchmarking Survey.

The G4S fraud trial collapse is the latest in a ‘catalogue of failings’ at the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), lawyers have warned.

The High Court has handed down detailed guidance for the first time on the correct approach in law to the Financial Ombudsman’s powers to reopen complaints.

A bid by trade unions to challenge the Treasury’s decision to use a cost control mechanism contained in the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (PSPA 2013) has failed in the High Court.

The Magistrates Association has expressed ‘incredible disappointment’ at plans to cut their sentencing powers back from 12 months to six.