The Supreme Court welcomed a record 105,000 visitors through its doors last year, a third more than in 2013/14. Its fifth annual report and accounts, laid before Parliament last week, also records how the court sat for more days, up from 127 to 136 sitting days, but heard fewer appeals and gave fewer judgments: down from 120 to 89 and from 115 to 81 respectively. This may be due to longer hearings, more appeals with seven or nine Justices on the panel, and fewer linked appeals.
19 June 2015
Supreme Court welcomes record number of visitors
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
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Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
NEWS
The government will aim to pass legislation banning leasehold for new flats and capping ground rent, introducing non-compulsory digital ID and creating a ‘duty of candour’ for public servants (also known as the Hillsborough law) in the next Parliament
An Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice
Reforms to the disclosure regime in the business and property courts have not achieved their objectives, lawyers have warned
The Law Society has urged ministers to hold a public consultation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the justice system as a whole
Ministers have proposed bringing inquest work under a single fee scheme for legal help and advocacy legal aid work
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