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09 March 2022
Issue: 7970 / Categories: Legal News , In Court
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Skip the queue: join the fast-track

Fast track entry is now available at all courts and tribunals through the Professional Users Access Scheme (PUAS)
The membership scheme, first piloted in 2018, allows quicker access through security for registered members. Once signed up, members are given an ID card that allows them to enter court and tribunal buildings without going through the routine security search on each visit. The scheme now has nearly 9,000 members. Join via the Bar Council’s secure My Bar portal, the Criminal Law Solicitors Association or London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association website. Find out more here.
Issue: 7970 / Categories: Legal News , In Court
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Taylor Rose—Jacqui Hayat & Andrew Bentham

Taylor Rose—Jacqui Hayat & Andrew Bentham

Taylor Rose strengthens Medical Negligence team with senior leadership appointments

Birmingham Law Society—Sabina Kauser

Birmingham Law Society—Sabina Kauser

Ward Hadaway partner appointed Vice President of Birmingham Law Society

Excello Law—Nick Gore & Irfan Ali

Excello Law—Nick Gore & Irfan Ali

Excello Law immigration boost with two more hires from Irwin Mitchell

NEWS
An optometrist contesting a misconduct finding appealed his case because the judge heard it remotely while reclining in bed at home where he was recovering from surgery on a ruptured Achilles tendon
Official figures showing record criminal court backlogs provide further evidence ministers should abandon controversial plans to scale back access to jury trials, the Bar Council has said
A naturist walking naked on a public footpath near Macclesfield did not have his human rights breached when a police officer arrested him, the High Court has held
CILEX has urged the government to maintain the Access to Justice Foundation’s (AJF’s) status as the only charity entitled to undistributed damages and settlements from opt-out collective actions
The Ministry of Justice is running a £4m national television and social media channel campaign to recruit thousands more magistrates
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