UK courts chief to leave job after just over a year
Natalie Ceeney’s surprise departure comes during a period of modernisation for the Courts and Tribunal Service
MoJ plan for legal aid residence test thrown out by supreme court
Ruling is humiliating setback for Michael Gove, who will now be unable to introduce scheme without full parliamentary debate
Judges’ reforms threaten the role of lay legal advisers
Following legal aid cuts, plans to bar McKenzie Friends from charging fees will put help beyond financial reach for many
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
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
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
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
Right to legal aid is ‘basic human right’, Jeremy Corbyn tells Justice Alliance meeting
Labour leader joins Shami Chakrabarti to condemn cuts to legal aid while row continues over duty criminal solicitors’ contract
Gay Briton fights extradition to Dubai
Michael Halliday, who is accused of theft from store where he worked, fears he could be punished disproportionately because of his sexuality
MoJ considers specialist courts for issues such as domestic abuse
Michael Gove has signalled enthusiasm for US-style ‘problem-solving courts’ where same judge sits in both criminal and civil aspects of a case