The head of the government’s in-house legal team has apologised for errors in the way they defended their position in the case brought by social worker Sharon Shoesmith against her sacking over the Baby P affair.
Paul Jenkins, the Treasury solicitor, has written to Foskett J scolding his team for errors made in preparation for the judicial review.
A ‘state of the industry’ research project unveiled this week should kick off an era of “frank and open” debate, according to the profession’s new watchdog.
In a bundle of essays produced on behalf of the Legal Services Board (LSB), leading commentators put forward the arguments on how the future of the sector should be shaped.
A leading asylum advice charity has gone into administration following a legal aid cash-flow crisis.
The Ministry of Justice has blamed the charity for causing its own demise by refusing to adapt to modern funding models.
The government has defended its predecessor’s “unlawful” attempt to save £20m by limiting recoverable defence costs to legal aid levels.
The new Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed it is considering an appeal against today’s High Court ruling that blocks the former Lord Chancellor Jack Straw’s central funding scheme.
Animal rights activists have clawed back a minor victory against five Japanese science firms after the judge ruled unnamed protestors could not be slapped with final injunctions without prior court consent.
