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civil law

October 21, 2011

'Secret justice' warning to government

Liberty has warned against extending the principle of “secret justice” into ordinary civil cases against the Government.
June 7, 2011

Pressure continues over 'devastating' proposed legal aid cuts

Civil rights and legal groups are pressing the government hard on plans to cut legal aid and deny justice to thousands of poor and vulnerable people.
November 10, 2010

Have Phil Woolas and his backers no shame?

When he was Minister of State for Borders and Immigration in the Home Office, Phil Woolas MP objected to asylum seekers pursuing justice through appeals to the courts. Unlike him, of course, they had not been found guilty of breaking the law. Unlike him also, they did not have influential friends to fund their legal appeals.
September 30, 2010

High Court says plans that threaten family legal aid are 'unlawful'

The Law Society has claimed a victory for families after the High Court quashed the outcome of the tender round for new family legal aid contracts.
September 3, 2010

Churches warn on legal aid cuts punishing the most vulnerable

With cuts in civil legal aid due to hit asylum seekers and other vulnerable groups, the Methodist Church has urged the government to rethink.
July 4, 2008

Top judge carefully re-opens debate about Sharia in Britain

Echoing remarks made early this year by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chief Justice has said that there is no conflict between Sharia principles for conflict resolution and civil law.
February 11, 2008

Williams, Sharia and global justice issues
February 11, 2008

Williams says there is no dispute about a common civil law

"There is no dispute about our common allegiance to the law of the land" Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams told the General Synod of the Church of England - and a watching world on TV and the internet - this afternoon.