UK legal sector ‘now worth £26bn a year’
Industry grew 8% last year, helped by feuding oligarchs and wealthy divorcees choosing to fight their cases in London
Democrats see ‘cracks’ in Republican block of Merrick Garland confirmation
New York senator Chuck Schumer said some Senate Republicans have agreed to meet supreme court nominee despite leadership wanting to hold off on hearings
Cases taking 19 months to get to appeal court owing to backlogs
Judge working on programme to speed up courts process with online justice says delays have worsened since summer
‘This is a court of justice not a casino,’ judge tells lawyers over £1.1m fees
Lead QC charged more than £400,000 to defend ex-PM of Qatar in case alleging he was linked to torture of British citizen
CPS should have closer oversight of police in child sex abuse cases, ex-DPP says
Lord Macdonald calls for reform of Crown Prosecution Service as judges say historical cases were handled badly by police
Scalia’s death casts uncertainty on major court challenge to legal marijuana
Conservative supreme court justice’s death could be a boost to advocates of legal marijuana in Colorado, which has been challenged by Nebraska and Oklahoma
Ministry of Justice to close 86 courts in England and Wales
Buildings will be sold to fund judicial modernisation in second wave of closures after 140 courts were shut in 2011 review
Australia’s ‘abusive refugee policies’ criticised in damning international report
Human Rights Watch report also finds governments across south-east Asia and the Pacific are stifling free speech, imprisoning dissenters and suppressing social media
Sackings on grounds of ill health sadly very common
Letters: Recent government changes making access to employment tribunals more difficult have certainly exacerbated the problem
Fixed fees for new family divorce clients in January and February 2016
Meadows Ryan Solicitors are pleased to announce a special promotional fixed fee divorce package for the basic divorce procedure of £750 plus court fees plus vat for the remainder of January and throughout February 2016 for new clients. Contact lynnsutton-bunnell@meadowsryan.com for more details. The family department includes http://www.resolution.org.uk/ members, a collaboratively trained solicitor and members of Reunite…