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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Judges’ morale, the soaring number of litigants in person and the poor state of courtroom IT are among challenges cited by the lord chief justice in his annual report to parliament published today. Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd also mentions for the first time ‘a note of caution’ following widespread opposition to the government’s new legal aid contracting regime. The lord chief justice says that alterations to pension arrangements have had ‘a significant impact’ on judicial morale. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Judges’ morale, the soaring number of litigants in person and the poor state of courtroom IT are among challenges cited by the lord chief justice in his annual report to parliament published today. Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd also mentions for the first time ‘a note of caution’ following widespread opposition to the government’s new legal aid contracting regime. The lord chief justice says that alterations to pension arrangements have had ‘a significant impact’ on judicial morale. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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