Friday

10th October - Law News

1019th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Master of the rolls Lord Dyson has dismissed an appeal by barristers against the decision to proceed with the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA). Dyson said the accreditation scheme does not undermine the independence of the advocate or the judiciary and interferes neither with fundamental rights nor constitutional principles. The bar’s judicial review had concentrated on whether regulators had properly understood and fulfilled their statutory duties in designing the scheme, and questioned whether it was lawful and proportionate. Full story - The Law Society Gazette




Thursday

9th October - Law News

1018th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Large law firms are aggressively fighting disciplinary actions and employing the tactics used in white-collar enforcement cases, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has claimed. Full story - The Global Legal Post



Wednesday

8th October - Law News

1017th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Court of Appeal comprehensively dismissed four criminal law barristers’ challenge to the Legal Services Board’s (LSB) approval of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA). With the Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson, giving the lead judgment, the court found that the scheme is lawful, does not interfere with the independence of the advocate or the judiciary, and that the Legal Services Board’s decision to approve it was neither disproportionate nor unreasonable. Full story - Legal Futures




Tuesday

7th October - Law News

1016th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The European court of human rights’ judgments that transformed British law. From curbing the British army’s use of torture in Ireland to ending bans on homosexuality, the court has shaped UK law. Full story - Guardian Law



Monday

6th October - Law News

1015th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has fired out a replacement consultation on criminal legal aid – a week after the High Court found he acted unlawfully by suppressing the findings of two key reports in the earlier consultation.The new consultation, on duty solicitor reforms, will last just three weeks. Last week, Mr Justice Burnett ruled Grayling’s decision to withhold the two reports until after the consultation “so unfair as to be unlawful”, and quashed Grayling’s decision to cut the number of contracts for duty solicitor work. Full story - New Law Journal