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Ministry of Justice news

• Prison Service Pay Review Body reports on prison pay
  10 March 2010, 9:36 am
  The ninth report of the Prison Service Pay Review Body is being published today.
• Jack Straw announces legal aid funding for survivors of 7/7 attack
  10 March 2010, 9:30 am
  The Ministry of Justice has today announced that legal aid funding will be provided to survivors of the 7/7 bombings.
• Judge crime online
  10 March 2010, 8:56 am
  Justice will be put straight into the hands of the public from today as they decide the fate of offenders, online.
• Kent criminals cannot hide from consequences of their crimes
  9 March 2010, 10:37 am
  Local residents in Kent are to be given more and better information about the punishments given to criminals in their area.
• Civil Procedure Rule Committee open meeting
  9 March 2010, 7:57 am
  Are you interested in seeing the rule making process in action? Then visit the open meeting of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee taking place in Central London on 14 May 2010 from 10.30am to 1.30pm.
• Bilingual juries cannot outweigh social inclusion and justice
  9 March 2010, 6:24 am
  The principle that juries should be selected randomly from the community as a whole outweighs the benefits of selecting exclusively bilingual juries for some trials in Wales.
• Preferred candidate for Chief Inspector of Prisons announced
  9 March 2010, 4:07 am
  The preferred candidate for the post of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales has been announced.
• Quick and simple compensation scheme for road traffic accidents
  9 March 2010, 3:01 am
  People claiming compensation after being injured in road accidents will be able to receive their compensation more quickly and simply under a new fast-track process put before Parliament today.
• Reducing delay in care proceedings: regional events
  5 March 2010, 10:23 am
  A new inter-agency approach to reducing unnecessary delay in care and supervision proceedings is being discussed at regional conferences in March.
• Tougher sentences for knife possession
  4 March 2010, 7:30 am
  More criminals continue to go to prison for carrying a knife - and for longer - while the number of cautions for knife possession has fallen again.
• Success fees in defamation cases reduced
  3 March 2010, 10:35 am
  Jack Straw today took action to reduce the success fees that lawyers can charge in defamation cases from 100% to 10%.
• Video: Jon Venables – statement
  3 March 2010, 8:22 am
  Justice Secretary Jack Straw was interviewed on the recall of Jon Venables to custody.
• 25 year starting point for knife killers
  3 March 2010, 8:19 am
  Those who go onto the street armed with a knife and commit murder now face significantly longer jail terms.
• Straw announces new vision for legal aid delivery
  3 March 2010, 7:52 am
  The Ministry of Justice has today announced new plans for the future delivery of legal aid.
• Major new project on expert witness fees
  3 March 2010, 7:23 am
  The Ministry of Justice announces the launch of a new project to review current fee arrangements and deliver new fee structures for professional expert witnesses.
• Legal aid funding for families of 7/7 victims announced
  3 March 2010, 6:22 am
  The Ministry of Justice has today announced that legal aid funding will be provided to all families of those who died in the 7/7 bombings who request it.
• Family Procedure Rule Committee news: May to December 2009
  26 February 2010, 8:45 am
  The Family Procedure Rule Committee has published details of its work between May and December 2009.
• Queen's Counsel in England and Wales 2010
  26 February 2010, 6:32 am
  Her Majesty the Queen has approved the appointment of 129 new Queen's Counsel.
• Government papers to be made public 10 years earlier
  26 February 2010, 5:06 am
  Public records will be made available automatically 10 years earlier under new legislation announced today.
• Government announces measures on asbestos-related illness
  25 February 2010, 9:36 am
  The Ministry of Justice today announced a range of measures to support people who have been exposed to asbestos.
• Pleural plaques: Jack Straw statement
  25 February 2010, 7:05 am
  Justice Secretary Jack Straw has made a statement on the government's decision on the question of compensation for pleural plaques.
• Jack Straw welcomes new measures to boost judicial diversity
  24 February 2010, 6:10 am
  Jack Straw today welcomed the report of the Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity, which recommends a package of reforms to increase the diversity of the judiciary.
• Legal Aid Minister visits Preston Citizens Advice Bureau
  22 February 2010, 6:04 am
  Legal Aid Minister Willy Bach has today visited the Preston Citizens Advice Bureau, congratulating them for delivering over 200 hours of advice every week.
• Public say in youth crime punishment
  19 February 2010, 11:10 am
  Communities in the North East affected by crime will get a say in how young offenders are punished, Justice Secretary Jack Straw announced today.
• Public Legal Education: Improving lives, empowering communities
  18 February 2010, 4:47 am
  Lord Bach gave a speech on how better information and education about the justice system can empower citizens to participate in a healthy democratic society.
• Ground-breaking research finds juries are fair and effective
  17 February 2010, 4:00 am
  Juries in England and Wales have been found to be fair, effective and efficient by the most in-depth study into the issue ever undertaken in this country, published today.
• David Norgrove appointed as Chair of Family Justice Review Panel
  16 February 2010, 8:30 am
  David Norgrove has been appointed as Chair of the government’s new review of the family justice system to examine how the current system can be reformed to better support children and parents.
• Companies could be forced to publicise corporate manslaughter conviction
  16 February 2010, 5:31 am
  Companies convicted of corporate manslaughter could be forced to take out adverts publicising their conviction as a result of new measures which come into effect today.
• Community payback offenders rebuild flood damaged Cumbria
  16 February 2010, 5:07 am
  Victims of the severe flood damage in Cumbria are getting additional help to rebuild their lives from offenders on a Community Payback sentence.
• Statement on Beam Park West site
  12 February 2010, 5:21 am
  A Ministry of Justice spokesperson made a statement today on the decision to not proceed with plans for a prison at Beam Park West.
• Repossession orders down as measures to help homeowners continue to make an impact
  12 February 2010, 2:48 am
  The number of mortgage possession claims issued in the courts dropped by 15% in the last three months of 2009 compared to the previous quarter, according to statistics published today.
• HMP Wymott: tracing owners of surplus land
  11 February 2010, 9:59 am
  Land at Wymott Prison in Preston may become surplus to requirements, and so we are trying to trace the former owners or their successors in title.
• Greater court protection for homeowners: consultation
  10 February 2010, 6:32 am
  A consultation on whether homeowners who have failed to repay consumer credit debts should have accrued a minimum level of debt before a court can order the sale of their home has been released today.
• Cashback from local crooks injected into new skills workshops for local Asian youth
  9 February 2010, 9:07 am
  An innovative new community project in Nottingham that is providing new skills to local Asian youth has been awarded £27,000 from Community Cashback.
• Second summary of coroners reports to prevent future deaths
  4 February 2010, 10:56 am
  The second summary of coroners reports to prevent future deaths (Rule 43) and responses will be issued on 10 March 2010.
• Changes to civil legal aid crack down on fraud and refocus resources
  3 February 2010, 11:16 am
  Legal Aid Minister Willy Bach has today announced the government will tighten the rules for civil legal aid so that fraudsters are uncovered at an early stage, and funding is better targeted.
• Deaths in custody: new website
  3 February 2010, 4:25 am
  The Independent Advisory Panel, part of the Ministerial Council on Deaths in Custody, has launched a new website.
• Criminal Procedure Rules 2010 published
  2 February 2010, 6:36 am
  The Criminal Procedure Rule Committee has made the first consolidating edition of the Criminal Procedure Rules.
• Reappointments to Judicial Appointments Commission
  1 February 2010, 7:02 am
  Jack Straw today announced the reappointment of five Commissioners to the Judicial Appointments Commission.
• Criminal justice measures in force
  1 February 2010, 5:19 am
  Changes to the law over evidence and bail are among some of the new measures that will, from today, further rebalance the criminal justice system in favour of victims and the law-abiding majority.