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• Starmer ‘disappointed’ Sentencing Council won’t change guidelines that have prompted fears of two tier justice – as it happened

  28-03-2025 17:30
  
  Justice secretary says ‘all options are on the table’ and threatens to change law Keir Starmer has said that he is “disappointed” at the Sentencing Council’s refusal to agree to the government’s request to withdraw the guidelines that have led to claims it is promoting “two-tier” justice. (See 11.44am.) Asked about the Sentencing Council’s letter this morning, he said:Look, I’m disappointed in this response, and the lord chancellor is o
  
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• Employment judge sanctioned over comments to tribunal members

  28-03-2025 17:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Tribunal judge excused himself after litigant in person raised concerns about comments.
  
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• No 10 happy to dip its toe into culture wars in row with Sentencing Council

  28-03-2025 16:27
  
  Concerns over sentencing guidelines are genuine but government also hopes to win admirers with tough attitudeStarmer ‘disappointed’ as Sentencing Council rejects calls to review ‘two-tier’ justice rulesFrom one perspective, having a stand-up row with an organisation meant to advise the government on a key policy area is a bit unseemly. But it is fair to say that Downing Street is ready – you could even say happy – to take on the Sentencing Council.The row over
  
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• Starmer ‘disappointed’ Sentencing Council won’t change guidelines that have prompted fears of two tier justice – UK politics live

  28-03-2025 15:11
  
  Justice secretary says ‘all options are on the table’ and threatens to change law Keir Starmer has said that he is “disappointed” at the Sentencing Council’s refusal to agree to the government’s request to withdraw the guidelines that have led to claims it is promoting “two-tier” justice. (See 11.44am.) Asked about the Sentencing Council’s letter this morning, he said:Look, I’m disappointed in this response, and the lord chancellor is o
  
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• Starmer ‘disappointed’ as Sentencing Council rejects calls to review ‘two-tier’ justice rules

  28-03-2025 13:11
  
  PM said ministers would consider next steps over guidance for judges in England and Wales aimed at tackling biasUK politics live – latest updatesThe Sentencing Council’s refusal to agree to the government’s request to change its guidelines that have been deemed a “two-tier” system of justice is “disappointing”, Keir Starmer has said.The prime minister said the government would “consider what we do as a result” and “all options are on th
  
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• Keir Starmer says all options on table in ‘two-tier’ row with Sentencing Council

  28-03-2025 13:11
  
  PM said ministers would consider next steps over guidance for judges in England and Wales aimed at tackling biasUK politics live – latest updatesThe prime minister has signalled he is prepared to change the law to stop the introduction of “two-tier” sentencing guidelines, after an arm’s-length body resisted pressure to scrap them.Keir Starmer said “all options are on the table” after the Sentencing Council for England and Wales refused to back down despite pre
  
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• Trump targets another law firm over its ties to Robert Mueller

  28-03-2025 13:05
  
  President issues proclamation taking aim at WilmerHale in latest attack on firm with connections to his opponentsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump issued a proclamation on Thursday targeting law firm WilmerHale, the fifth time the president has taken aim at a major firm with connections to his legal or political adversaries.The proclamation cited WilmerHale’s ties to Robert Mueller, the former US special counsel who investigated Russian contacts with Trump’s 2016 pr
  
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• Sentencing Council rejects lord chancellor’s request for guidance revision

  28-03-2025 12:47 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Council ‘respectfully disagrees’ with Shabana Mahmood’s ‘proposition that the list of cohorts in the guideline represented an expression of policy’.
  
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• New threat to legislate as Sentencing Council row escalates

  28-03-2025 12:47 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Mahmood 'extremely disappointed' by rejection of her request for new guidance to be revised.
  
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• Legal aid fee increase will be 'swallowed up' by NI rise, Society warns

  28-03-2025 12:35 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Chancery Lane says the proposed rates are not enough given that solicitors have had no pay rise in 30 years.
  
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• Data page – March 2025

  28-03-2025 12:25 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
  
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• Council law firm makes £575,000 loss after costly IT meltdown

  28-03-2025 10:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Pathfinder Legal business model ‘aims to charge lower legal fees than other private sector options’.
  
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• Society condemns Istanbul 'attack on the rule of law'

  28-03-2025 09:58 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  'We call upon the Turkish authorities to cease all actions of intimidation against the legal profession.'
  
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• Government opens first-of-its-kind ‘green’ prison in East Yorkshire

  28-03-2025 02:00
  
  HMP Millsike, described by critics as a ‘megaprison’, will add 1,500 places to prison estate in England and WalesThe government has opened a first-of-its-kind “green” prison that will add 1,500 places to the bursting prison estate in England and Wales.HMP Millsike in East Yorkshire, described by critics as a “megaprison”, will be one of Britain’s biggest jails and is the first of four to be built as part of a programme to create 14,000 extra prison place
  
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• Whiplash reforms have cut insurance costs, Treasury says

  28-03-2025 01:06 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Government report reveals average savings of 4% for motorists, though benefits fall short of original £35 target.
  
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