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 15th April 2016Articles and NewsBy Meadows Ryan
Injunction ruling enables celebrities to hide sex lives, says top lawyer Mark Stephens warns ‘watershed’ decision against Sun on Sunday means the famous will be able to use their children to stifle publicity 6th April 2016Articles and NewsBy Meadows Ryan
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 23rd March 2016Articles and NewsBy Meadows Ryan
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 9th March 2016Articles and NewsBy Meadows Ryan
‘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 4th March 2016Articles and NewsBy Meadows Ryan
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 26th February 2016Articles and NewsBy Meadows Ryan
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 12th February 2016Articles and NewsBy Meadows Ryan
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 22nd January 2016Articles and NewsBy Meadows Ryan
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 7th January 2016Articles and NewsBy Meadows Ryan
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 21st December 2015Articles and NewsBy Meadows Ryan