Published - Monday 13th May 2024
Department: Ministry of JusticeBy virtue of section 180(1) Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12) (“the Act”), the Lord Chancellor may, with the consent of the Treasury, prescribe certain court fees of an amount which is intended to exceed the cost of the matter in respect of which the fee is …
Published - Thursday 2nd May 2024
Department: Ministry of JusticeThese Regulations make provision in respect of section 7 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”) (c. 25), which sets out the circumstances in which an inquest into a death must be held with a jury. Pursuant to section 7(2)(c) of the 2009 Act, a jury is …
Published - Monday 29th April 2024
Department: Ministry of JusticeThe 2019 Hague Convention (“the 2019 Convention”) was signed on behalf of the United Kingdom on 12 January 2024. It will enter into force in respect of the UK on the first day of the month after the end of a period of one year beginning on the date when …
Published - Monday 25th March 2024
Department: Ministry of JusticeThis Order amends Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) (“the Act”). It should be read in conjunction with the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid: Family and Domestic Abuse) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 …
Published - Thursday 22nd February 2024
Department: Ministry of JusticeThis Order amends section 255A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) (“the 2003 Act”).
Published - Monday 4th December 2023
Department: Ministry of JusticeThese Regulations specify the offences which may be dealt with by use of the automatic online conviction process set out in sections 16G to 16M of the Magistrates’ Court Act 1980. This process uses an automatic procedure and allows a guilty plea in a summary only conviction (where there is …
Published - Tuesday 14th November 2023
Department: Ministry of JusticeSection 35 of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35) (the 2022 Act) substituted sections 4 and 28 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17) (the 1996 Act) so as to make the Lord Chancellor responsible for the composition of an employment tribunal and of the Employment …
Published - Tuesday 14th November 2023
Department: Ministry of JusticeThe Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7) (“PSPJOA 2022”) was made to remedy age discrimination caused by transitional provision contained in the Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182) (“the 2015 Regulations”). The Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/766) (“the 2023 Regulations”) were made …
Published - Monday 23rd October 2023
Department: Ministry of JusticeThis Order cancels the designation of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (“the Association”) as an approved regulator under Part 4 (regulation of approved regulators) of the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29) in relation to probate activities. The cancellation of this designation means that, from the date the Order …
Published - Monday 23rd October 2023
Department: Ministry of JusticeThese Regulations amend paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 21 to the Sentencing Act 2020. They create two additional statutory aggravating factors, and one additional statutory mitigating factor, in the determination of the minimum term in relation to mandatory life sentences for murder.