Practice Direction Update No 1 of 2023
PD Update No. 1 of 2023 makes the following provisions: PD5A (Forms) is amended in light of the new rule in the FPR (see the Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023) about financial information being provided before a hearing on an enforcement application. The amendment makes clear that Form E1 should be used to provide this […]
Improvements to Common Platform for defence professionals
We’re adding features to Common Platform and making improvements to the way legal professionals search for case details, check in for hearings, and access and complete essential forms. Since Monday 30th January 2023, legal professionals will have seen a number of system improvements, which include: quicker and easier check-in process for court hearings – the […]
Ministry of Justice to undertake review of civil legal aid
The review will consider the civil legal aid system in its entirety; from how services are procured, how well the current system works for users and how civil legal aid impacts the wider justice system. The review will commission an external economic analysis of the civil legal aid market to better understand how people access […]
