The lord chancellor says judge-only trials would be a ‘disproportionate step’ to keep the justice system moving during the pandemic, as he revealed today that he is looking at ways to bring back jury trials. Robert Buckland QC, giving evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the government’s Covid-19 response, was asked by …
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Breaking up is hard to do, but divorce? That takes the cake. All kinds of things can lead to a split, from the token celebrity-cited “irreconcilable differences” to a messy affair, or the loss of anything remotely close to the spark you felt in the good old days. And often, the reason you cross the …
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The number of urgent care proceedings in the family courts has increased sharply since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Guardian has learned. Judicial sources say that a combination of the lockdown leading to families being forced to spend the majority of their time together, often in confined spaces, increased drinking by some parents …
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Only two per cent of businesses have successfully managed to access the government’s coronavirus business interruption loan scheme (CBILS), according to a survey published today. Nine per cent of respondents to the survey by the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) said they were unsuccessful with slow or no response from lenders the main reason cited. …
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