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• Jump in unrepresented defendants as legal aid cuts continue to bite

  24-11-2019 16:51
  
  Up to 7.7% of those appearing at first crown court hearing last year had no lawyer, says QCThe number of unrepresented defendants in crown courts is rising sharply, the head of the Criminal Bar Association has warned, as cuts to legal aid increasingly affect the criminal justice system.Addressing the annual Bar Council conference in London, Caroline Goodwin QC said figures showed as many as 7.7% of those at a first hearing last year had not been represented by a lawyer. In 2010 the percentage wa
  
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• Families of young people who died at Polmont to meet Justice Secretary - hellorayo.co.uk

  27-03-2025 08:40 via news.google.com
  Families of young people who died at Polmont to meet Justice Secretary  hellorayo.co.uk
  
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• Attempts to remove Chief Justice regrettable but necessary – CenPOA - GhanaWeb

  27-03-2025 08:26 via news.google.com
  Attempts to remove Chief Justice regrettable but necessary – CenPOA  GhanaWeb
  
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• Families of Polmont custody death youths to meet Justice Secretary - Daily Record

  27-03-2025 08:18 via news.google.com
  Families of Polmont custody death youths to meet Justice Secretary  Daily Record
  
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• A Fire in India’s Judiciary - Bloomberg

  27-03-2025 07:34 via news.google.com
  A Fire in India’s Judiciary  Bloomberg
  
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• Minister of Justice chairs Lawyers Admission Committee meeting - The Peninsula

  27-03-2025 07:13 via news.google.com
  Minister of Justice chairs Lawyers Admission Committee meeting  The Peninsula
  
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• Resist Blackmail, Uphold Justice Without Bias, Shettima Says To Judiciary - Arise News

  27-03-2025 07:08 via news.google.com
  Resist Blackmail, Uphold Justice Without Bias, Shettima Says To Judiciary  Arise News
  
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• Qatar's Cabinet approves draft decision on fees for certain Ministry of Justice services - ZAWYA

  27-03-2025 06:44 via news.google.com
  Qatar's Cabinet approves draft decision on fees for certain Ministry of Justice services  ZAWYA
  
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• Scales of Justice: The latest cases from Oxford Magistrates' Court - Yahoo News UK

  27-03-2025 06:00 via news.google.com
  Scales of Justice: The latest cases from Oxford Magistrates' Court  Yahoo News UK
  
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• Brazil's Lula hopes 'justice is served' in Bolsonaro trial - Wyoming News Now

  27-03-2025 05:27 via news.google.com
  Brazil's Lula hopes 'justice is served' in Bolsonaro trial  Wyoming News Now
  
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• Chief Justice Refaat Ahmed awarded Oxford’s ‘Lifetime Fellowship’ - Prothom Alo English

  27-03-2025 04:41 via news.google.com
  Chief Justice Refaat Ahmed awarded Oxford’s ‘Lifetime Fellowship’  Prothom Alo English
  
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• Ghost gun ruling: Mother of Angellyh Yambo gets some justice following Supreme Court decision, 3 years after teen's death - ABC7 New York

  27-03-2025 04:22 via news.google.com
  Ghost gun ruling: Mother of Angellyh Yambo gets some justice following Supreme Court decision, 3 years after teen's death  ABC7 New York
  
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• Sister seeks justice three years after woman shot and killed in Unicoi County - WCYB

  27-03-2025 03:45 via news.google.com
  Sister seeks justice three years after woman shot and killed in Unicoi County  WCYB
  
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• Victims Await Justice: Ten Years Since the Launch of Saudi/UAE-led Coalition Operations in Yemen [EN/AR] - ReliefWeb

  27-03-2025 01:48 via news.google.com
  Victims Await Justice: Ten Years Since the Launch of Saudi/UAE-led Coalition Operations in Yemen [EN/AR]  ReliefWeb
  
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• This Traveler Took Justice In Their Own Hands After a Rude Interaction With a Fellow Flier—Who Is Right? - Travel + Leisure

  27-03-2025 01:21 via news.google.com
  This Traveler Took Justice In Their Own Hands After a Rude Interaction With a Fellow Flier—Who Is Right?  Travel + Leisure
  
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• ‘Justice has prevailed’: Seminole Tribe wins $832M verdict against Wells Fargo Bank - ICT News

  27-03-2025 01:03 via news.google.com
  ‘Justice has prevailed’: Seminole Tribe wins $832M verdict against Wells Fargo Bank  ICT News
  
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• Helldivers 2's Next Warbond After Borderline Justice Should Take an Even Bigger Leap Through History - GameRant

  27-03-2025 01:00 via news.google.com
  Helldivers 2's Next Warbond After Borderline Justice Should Take an Even Bigger Leap Through History  GameRant
  
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• Judge says Justice Department attacked her character to 'impugn the integrity' of US judicial system - MSN

  27-03-2025 00:16 via news.google.com
  Judge says Justice Department attacked her character to 'impugn the integrity' of US judicial system  MSN
  
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• Judge says Justice Department attacked her character to 'impugn the integrity' of US judicial system - Yahoo

  26-03-2025 23:28 via news.google.com
  Judge says Justice Department attacked her character to 'impugn the integrity' of US judicial system  Yahoo
  
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• Two-tier justice quango ‘letting hundreds of illegal migrants dodge deportation’ - The Telegraph

  26-03-2025 20:00 via news.google.com
  Two-tier justice quango ‘letting hundreds of illegal migrants dodge deportation’  The Telegraph
  
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• PlayStation Plus’ April Games Have Me Ready to Deliver Justice - VICE

  26-03-2025 18:55 via news.google.com
  PlayStation Plus’ April Games Have Me Ready to Deliver Justice  VICE
  
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• ‘It became very fraught’: how assisted dying bill has changed on its way back to Commons

  26-03-2025 18:47
  
  After nine weeks of scrutiny and 150 amendments, there are still huge unknowns over legislation for England and WalesWhen the assisted dying bill returns to the Commons in a month’s time, MPs will vote on a very different piece of legislation than they were presented with on the first reading.Though the government is still technically neutral, major changes to the bill have been pushed through by concerned ministers, who fear MPs could pass a deeply impractical bill at a time of immense pr
  
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• Justice League Unlimited #5 review - Batman-News

  26-03-2025 17:34 via news.google.com
  Justice League Unlimited #5 review  Batman-News
  
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• Senate Democrats Seek Answers on Firing of Justice Dept. Official - The New York Times

  26-03-2025 16:03 via news.google.com
  Senate Democrats Seek Answers on Firing of Justice Dept. Official  The New York Times
  
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• Former Citibank exec settles maternity discrimination case for £215,000

  26-03-2025 14:11
  
  Maeve Bradley, who worked for Citibank in Belfast, lost out on expected promotion after having a babyA former Citibank employee has received £215,000 in a discrimination settlement after she lost out on an expected promotion when she returned from having a baby.Maeve Bradley, who had worked at the American bank’s offices in Belfast as an assistant vice-president of derivatives since March 2021, took maternity leave in 2023 and said she was devastated to be offered a different role on
  
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• After four decades justice catches up with vile sex offender - Manchester Evening News

  26-03-2025 13:21 via news.google.com
  After four decades justice catches up with vile sex offender  Manchester Evening News
  
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• Indonesian bishops urge ecological conversion and social justice in Lenten message - Vatican News - English

  26-03-2025 11:12 via news.google.com
  Indonesian bishops urge ecological conversion and social justice in Lenten message  Vatican News - English
  
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• Ben Affleck opens up about ‘excruciating experience’ playing Batman in Justice League: ‘A lot of unhappiness’ - The Independent

  26-03-2025 10:31 via news.google.com
  Ben Affleck opens up about ‘excruciating experience’ playing Batman in Justice League: ‘A lot of unhappiness’  The Independent
  
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• Court of Justice of the European Union: member states’ representatives appoint thirteen judges to the General Court - consilium.europa.eu

  26-03-2025 10:02 via news.google.com
  Court of Justice of the European Union: member states’ representatives appoint thirteen judges to the General Court  consilium.europa.eu
  
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• LNP refuses to implement Queensland Human Rights Act review recommendations

  26-03-2025 08:15
  
  State attorney general says the report does not take into account the new government’s ‘positive agenda on victims’ rights’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland’s state government has rejected recommendations that would have required victims of crime to be treated with respect, and protected rights to adequate housing and the right to be free from gender-based violence.The recommen
  
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