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  • New report sets out best practice for using e-signatures

    Ministry of Justice welcomes publication of report by expert group on e-signatures.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Interim report on the Legal Support for Litigants in Person grant published

    A new report from the Ministry of Justice provides an interim update on progress made by the Legal Support for Litigants in Person Grant.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Magistrate recruitment campaign launched

    People from all walks of life are being urged to become magistrates in an unprecedented recruitment drive launched today.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Hundreds of solar panels installed as HMP Wayland goes green

    Over 700 solar panels installed at HMP Wayland to cut carbon and save money for the taxpayer.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • New plans to boost veterans employment launched

    Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan launches, including more than 60 commitments to help veterans with employment and healthcare

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Magistrates’ Courts given more power to tackle backlog

    Magistrates are to have their sentencing powers increased in order to reduce pressure on the Crown Courts and speed up justice, it was confirmed today (18 January 2022).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Family mediation scheme to help thousands more parents

    Thousands more separating parents will avoid stressful courtroom battles as the Government boosts its landmark family mediation scheme with an additional £1.3 million.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Recruitment drive to ensure offenders pay back for their crimes

    Extra 500 staff to oversee 3 million more hours of Community Payback each year.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Video-witnessed wills legalisation extended

    Extension gives vulnerable people peace of mind that their wills will be legally-recognised.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Ministry of Justice marks death of Mr John Quinn QC

    The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) marks the death of Her Majesty’s Attorney General Mr John Quinn QC with sadness and extends its sympathy to his family, friends and colleagues.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Domestic abuse victims in England and Wales to be given more time to report assaults

    New measures targeted directly at keeping women and girls safer will be added to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill today (4 January) the Government has announced.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • New Queen’s Counsel welcomed by Lord Chancellor

    Her Majesty The Queen has approved the appointment of 101 new Queen's Counsel.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • No Christmas tipples for 770 alcohol-tagged offenders

    Around 770 offenders will be wearing alcohol tags on Christmas Day as part of the Government’s drive to protect the public from drink-fuelled violence.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Outdoor weddings and civil partnerships consultation launched

    Marrying couples will have greater choice in how they celebrate their big day under government plans to legalise outdoor weddings in England and Wales.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Lord Chancellor letter to the Chair of the SSRB: December 2021

    The annual judicial pay review 2022/23.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Ministry of Justice statement in fee-paid judicial litigation: December 2021

    A further update on work MOJ is doing to respond to the CJEU judgment of November 2018 in O’Brien No.2 and the Supreme Court’s judgment in Miller of December 2019.

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  • Chance to name new prison in Glen Parva

    The people of Leicestershire are being invited to choose the name of its new jail in Glen Parva, Prisons Minister Victoria Atkins announced today (10 December 2021).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Plan to reform Human Rights Act

    The Human Rights Act will be revised under plans unveiled by the Justice Secretary Dominic Raab today (14 December).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Responding to the rapid rise in demand for free legal advice

    A new report from the Ministry of Justice demonstrates how government funding has maintained and expanded vital access to free specialist legal advice.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Landmark reforms for victims

    Victims of crime will be better heard, served and protected under wide ranging reforms set out by the government today (9 December 2021).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government