MoJ retreats on immigration fee hike

The Law Gazette The Ministry of Justice has reversed plans for six-fold increases in some fees for asylum and immigration cases, it told parliament today. The announcement was warmly welcomed by the Law Society. In a written ministerial statement, justice minister Sir Oliver Heald said the department had listened to the representations it received on…

‘Joint enterprise’ murder verdicts due following revelation that law has been ‘misinterpreted for 30 years’

The Independent The legal challenges follow a Supreme Court decision in February that the application of the law on joint enterprise, otherwise known as common enterprise, had taken ‘a wrong turn’ and been misinterpreted for 30 years Three of the country’s most senior judges are to give rulings in the first criminal “joint enterprise” cases…