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Cases due to be heard by the Certification Officer.

• Updated: 5 March 2024

A people smuggler has been jailed for cramming 7 migrants into a one-person sleeping compartment and brazenly trying to enter the UK.

• Updated: 16 February 2024

A total of 20 Nightingale courtrooms will remain open in 2024 to allow more cases to be heard across the country, the government has announced today (16 February 2024).

• Updated: 16 February 2024

Court and tribunal capacity in Leeds is set to be boosted by the opening of new state-of-the art courts and tribunals in the city centre, giving victims, defendants and claimants quicker access to justice.

• Updated: 15 February 2024

Cowards who kill their partners with sexual violence will face longer behind bars as the government continues to clamp down on domestic abuse against women.

• Updated: 14 February 2024

Pensioner's Poltimore piles prison punishment.

• Updated: 9 February 2024

A man from east London must repay £10,000 within one week after falsely applying for a Covid Bounce Back Loan.

• Updated: 9 February 2024

Environment Agency officers blocked by operator

• Updated: 6 February 2024

Angler's £120 fine dwarfed cost of rod licence

• Updated: 2 February 2024

Children will be better protected from the impact of lengthy courtroom battles thanks to pioneering measures to help families resolve disputes as swiftly as easily possible.

• Updated: 26 January 2024

Anglers from South, Midlands and London skipped fees used to maintain fisheries

• Updated: 25 January 2024

Anglers caught without licences in Hampshire and Somerset

• Updated: 17 January 2024

A people smuggler has been jailed today for attempting to bring a Vietnamese woman into the UK by cramming her into the dashboard of his car.

• Updated: 16 January 2024

People are being encouraged to see how justice is done in courtrooms with the publication of a new and simple ‘how to’ guide for attending court hearings today.

• Updated: 30 December 2023

The Court of Appeal has been asked to provide clarity on when a particular defence to criminal damage is available for use by protesters, the Attorney General has announced today.

• Updated: 20 December 2023

Fines and costs dwarf price of fishing licence

• Updated: 18 December 2023

Skipper skipped almost £400 in fees.

• Updated: 8 December 2023

More legal professionals are being encouraged to help prevent domestic abusers cross-examining their victims in court with a new expenses policy launched today ( 7 December 2023).

• Updated: 7 December 2023

The Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP set out a broad and ambitious vision for the future of the civil and family courts and tribunals.

• Updated: 1 December 2023

The Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, has announced the appointment of Matthew Jackson as member of the Tribunal Procedure Committee.

• Updated: 13 November 2023