Published - Wednesday 12th February 2020
Department: Ministry of JusticeSection 1A of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (c.30) (the “Act”) provides for a fixed sum of bereavement damages to be awarded to a limited category of persons in the event of a fatal accident caused by wrongful act, neglect or default.
Published - Tuesday 4th February 2020
Department: Ministry of JusticeThese Regulations apply where a court makes an order under section 34(4) or section 67F(3) of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) (“the 2003 Act”), or section 29D(3) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15) (“the 2007 Act”), that the Lord Chancellor make a payment in respect …
Published - Monday 20th January 2020
Department: Ministry of JusticeThe Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182) (“the 2015 Regulations”) and the Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/522) make provision for the contributions payable by members of both schemes constituted by those Regulations.
Published - Thursday 16th January 2020
Department: Ministry of JusticeThis Order prescribes the conditions to be satisfied for the recording and broadcast of sentencing remarks in the Crown Court. When the conditions are satisfied, section 41 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 (c. 86) (which makes it an offence to film in court) and section 9 of the Contempt …
Published - Wednesday 15th January 2020
Department: Ministry of JusticeThis Order designates the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (“the Institute”) as an approved regulator under Part 4 (regulation of approved regulators) of the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29) in relation to the administration of oaths. Designation will allow the Institute to authorise and regulate persons …
Published - Wednesday 15th January 2020
Department: Ministry of JusticeThis Order makes provision under section 80 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29) (“the 2007 Act”) for the First-tier Tribunal to hear and determine appeals from decisions made by the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (“CILEx”) in its capacity as a licensing authority. Licensing authorities regulate licensed bodies …
Published - Tuesday 15th October 2019
Department: Ministry of JusticeThis Order amends the Human Rights Act 1998 (“HRA”) to address a finding of the European Court of Human Rights of a breach of Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“Convention”) in the case of Hammerton v United Kingdom (Application no. 6287/10).
Published - Monday 14th October 2019
Department: Ministry of JusticeThis Order is the fourteenth commencement order made under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) (“the 2012 Act”).
Published - Monday 14th October 2019
Department: Ministry of JusticeThese Regulations make a consequential amendment to section 267 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) (“the 2003 Act”). Section 267 allows for an order to modify the application of sections 264 (consecutive terms) of the 2003 Act, to alter the percentage of the proportion of a prisoner’s consecutive …
Published - Monday 14th October 2019
Department: Ministry of JusticeThis Order modifies the application of sections 244 and 264 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) (“the 2003 Act”).