An Independent Review of Progress of HM Young Offenders Institution Werrington has raised concerns about reintegration of young offenders with ‘no meaningful progress’ on accommodation on release, education placements or work opportunities.The inspection found that due to insufficient progress, the
Recognition of a Kosovar Judgment in Greece
Recognition of a Kosovar Judgment in Greece (copy)
Law & Critique: Duterte in The Hague: The International Criminal Court, Impunity, and the Politics of Memory
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Pull every lever
A few hours before peers begin debating the government’s Courts and Tribunals Bill this afternoon, the House of Lords justice and home affairs committee will ask the courts minister Sarah Sackman KC MP what support the government can offer anyone
Non-solicitors sanctioned for sickies and intercepting post
Police: Apprentice arrested but not action ultimately taken
An apprentice solicitor and a paralegal have been sanctioned for pulling sickies to hide an arrest and an employment tribunal hearing respectively.The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has made them subject to orders
Hammer home rules of embargoed judgments to clients, lawyers told
Judgments: Many litigants find embargoes difficult to cope with
Lawyers need to explain to their clients, “even more clearly and fully than they already do”, what they can and cannot do with embargoed judgments, the High Court has warned.His
SRA: Tribunal shortcomings and record reports about solicitors
SRA: Fewer firms, more solicitors
One in five contested cases before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) last year did not lead to a conviction, by far the highest in recent years, according to new figures.Data published by the Solicitors Regulation
SRA moves to take unlimited fining power for economic crime
Fines: The sky’s the limit
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has finally sought permission to activate its power to issue unlimited fines in cases involving economic crime.It said that implementing the power granted in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency
SRA supervision and AI: what firms will be asked to prove
Guest post by Eleonora Dimitrova, who holds an LLB and LLM in corporate and commercial law from Queen Mary University, London
Dimitrova: Firms will need documented evidence
Debate about AI in legal practice has so far concentrated on whether