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End to divorce ‘blame game’ moves closer
Biggest shake up of divorce laws in 50 years aimed at reducing conflict and supporting children and families.
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Compensation rule abolished allowing victims to reapply
Ministers have scrapped unfair ‘same roof’ rule which denied compensation for some victims of violent crime.
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Honorary Queen’s Counsel nominations: deadline Tuesday 13 August 2019
Seeking nominations for honorary Queen’s Counsel.
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New Justice Minister sets out whole system approach to justice reform
New Justice Minister Robert Buckland QC has set out his plan to ‘turn the tide on reoffending’ during his first keynote speech in the role.
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Government acts urgently to protect judicial recruitment
Immediate steps to tackle emerging and unprecedented recruitment issues in the senior judiciary have today (5 June 2019) been set out by the government.
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Government moves closer to introducing Sentencing Code
The new Sentencing Code to simplify and tidy up the country’s complex sentencing laws moved a step closer today (23 May 2019), as the government introduced a Bill in Parliament.
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