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From Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister for the Courts and Legal Aid
  • Probate consultation

    Justice Minister Shailesh Vara has written to the chair of the Justice Select Committee about the launch of a consultation on probate fees.

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  • HM Courts and Tribunals Service estate

    Written Ministerial Statement made by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Minister for the Courts and Legal Aid, Shailesh Vara.

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  • Family Justice

    Update on investigation into faulty online form used in divorce proceedings.

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  • HMCTS

    Written Ministerial Statement made by Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Courts and Legal Aid, Shailesh Vara.

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  • Government to outlaw legal referral fees

    A new statutory ban on referral fees in criminal cases is among proposals announced by the Legal Aid Minister Shailesh Vara today.

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  • HMCTS Estates announcement

    Written Ministerial Statement by Courts Minister Shailesh Vara on the HMCTS Estate.

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  • Ministerial appointment: Shailesh Vara

    Shailesh Vara MP is appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Department for Work and Pensions.

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  • New measures to make criminals pay legal aid costs

    New measures to make criminals, rather than hard working taxpayers, pay more towards their legal bills have come into force today (1 June 2015).

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  • 41 million wills available to search online for the first time

    The wills of Charles Dickens, Winston Churchill, Alan Turing and Beatrix Potter are among millions which have been made accessible to the public through a searchable online database.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Final words of fallen heroes unearthed

    The poignant last words of thousands of brave World War 1 soldiers who died for their country are revealed.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The quiet revolution in our civil courts

    This article first appeared in the Law Society Gazette on 31 March 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Domestic violence victims helped as injunction fees are scrapped

    Vulnerable domestic abuse victims will be helped by the scrapping of fees for domestic violence injunctions, Courts Minister Shailesh Vara has announced.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Clampdown on rogue claims firms

    In the past year more than 200 licences have been removed from rogue claims firms which have flouted the rules, Justice Minister Shailesh Vara said today, as the Government continues to crack down on companies which abuse th…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Dozens of unnecessary rules and regulations scrapped or improved as MoJ responds to Red Tape Challenge

    Rules and regulations around bailiffs, claims management companies and the Land Registry are among 69 being scrapped or improved by the Ministry of Justice following a review as part of the Government’s Red Tape Challenge.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Shailesh Vara opens new Legal Services Board offices

    Justice Minister Shailesh Vara has officially opened the new offices of the Legal Services Board (LSB).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defamation laws take effect

    Libel laws in England and Wales are being significantly reformed from tomorrow to provide clearer, better protection for people publicly expressing opinions.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Claims management complaints service to be toughened

    Consumers who receive a bad service from claims management companies could receive compensation following new law changes announced by Justice Minister Shailesh Vara.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Industrial disease victims central to changes

    Sufferers of a deadly industrial disease are central to new plans to improve the way they claim compensation, Courts Minister Shailesh Vara announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Support for vulnerable women and taxpayers in court fees changes

    People taking high value cases through civil courts in England and Wales will be expected to pay much more towards their running costs, Courts Minister Shailesh Vara has announced - while the fees for domestic violence injun…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Rogue PPI claim companies targeted by fines and toughened regulations

    Claims firms which use information gathered by unsolicited calls and texts or who provide poor quality services will face large fines under law changes announced by the Government today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government