Edition 3425: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.
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The Home Office appears to be stepping on the Ministry of Justice’s toes by consulting on extending fixed recoverable costs in immigration judicial reviews, public law specialists have suggested. Priti Patel’s department says it is rarely able to recover costs in immigration-related JRs and wants them to fall under the scope of fixed recoverable costs, which would specify the amount that the winning party can recover. The proposal appears in the Home Office’s New Plan for Immigration consultation, which largely ran at the same time the Ministry of Justice was consulting on proposed JR reforms. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
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- Two
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jail for contravening homosexuality laws. Their lawyers say they were
found guilty of "attempting homosexuality" as well as outraging public
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- Scottish government treats criminal lawyers with contempt again - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hFR4PgjhMJ
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- An
aspiring solicitor sacked at the start of the pandemic was unfairly
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- Apple accused of breaking UK competition law by overcharging for apps - Almost 20 million users could be eligible for compensation, with £1.5bn damages sought https://t.co/UMrSeUjGFx
- The Home Office appears to be stepping on the Ministry of Justice’s toes by consulting on extending fixed recoverable costs in immigration judicial reviews, public law specialists have suggested | Law Gazette https://t.co/FWDqSDs7jT
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