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The ‘dire state’ of the UK’s criminal justice system has led both criminal solicitors’ associations to urge lawyers to join union Unite.

UK legal bodies have welcomed ex-senior circuit judge Deborah Taylor to the post

By Monidipa Fouzder2021-02-11T11:02:00+00:00 A defendant turned up to court to explain he had Covid symptoms because he could not get through to staff on the phone, a solicitor-advocate has told MPs to highlight the pressures arising from how the justice system is coping during the pandemic. Giving evidence on court capacity to the Commons justice select committee on Tuesday, Hollie Collinge, of Brighton firm Kellys Solicitors, said: ‘I’ve noticed enormous uncertainty and anxiety about whether people should or shouldn’t be going to court. Often that’s something we only find out abou...

Solicitors and CPS join professional users’ access scheme English From: From today (1 February), solicitors will be able to register for the professional users’ access scheme, which permits enhanced access through security in courts and tribunals for registered holders with the appropriate scheme ID. The London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association (LCCSA) and Criminal Law Solicitors Association (CLSA) have become the latest legal professional organisations to sign up, following the Bar Council which has been part of the scheme since it launched in May 2019. Alongside ...