Sentences with phrase «week justice secretary»
Last week the justice secretary Liz Truss told a meeting of the House of Lords» Constitution Committee that the government's review of LASPO would start «very shortly».
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The justice secretary also understands that the solution to reoffending is not in getting tough, or banning Playstations, or whatever Daily Mail - inspired nonsense a minister fancies peddling this week.
David Gauke started his new role as justice secretary this week, making him the 6th to take up the position in the last 8 years.
It was sent to the justice secretary's aides at 7.41 am on Tuesday this week.
The justice secretary made clear he wanted to press on with the bill, which the government intends to rush through parliament and become law within the next three weeks.
«This bill will ensure that accountability and transparency are placed at the heart of the new system,» justice secretary Jack Straw said last week.
Members of the commission who have been given four weeks to work are: Justice M.A Adeigbe who is the chairman, Mrs. Bose Dawodu DCP (rtd), Barrister Ismail Ajibade, the State Commissioner of Police, the State Director of DSS and Mr. Bisi Babalola who will act as the secretary.
Just before last week's unanimous passage of a Senate bill making it easier for 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia and other foreign terror sponsors, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and other proponents of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act stuffed an amendment into the final draft allowing the attorney general and secretary of state to stop any litigation in its tracks.
Last week, shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan asked justice minister Jeremy Wright what types of contraband were found in items of post being received by prisoners in the last four years.
But, following Iain Duncan Smith's claim this week that the prime minister secured only «very marginal» concessions, the justice secretary goes even further, describing the negotiation as a «great missed opportunity», and claiming the deal is such a «disappointing» return on his boss's efforts that even the Remain camp has sought to sweep it under the carpet.
Just one day after Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch told reporters he wouldn't be surprised if a Supreme Court justice nominee announcement was imminent, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters, «It's not going to happen this week.»
In the course of a week, Justice Secretary Michael Gove helped put one Prime Minister to the sword before destroying the ambitions of another potential leader.
Earlier this week Michael Gove, now the Justice Secretary (and Lord Chancellor) recently gave evidence to the House of Commons Justice Committee regarding the Government's policy on the future of the Human Rights Act.
And despite the Justice Secretary claiming «everyone was the best of friends» a few weeks after the spat, the wounds were reopened by his actions yesterday.
Two weeks ago at PMQs Philip Davies, the Tory MP for Shipley, protested to David Cameron about justice secretary Kenneth Clarke's then rather vague comments about reducing prisoner numbers:
Justice secretary Michael Gove's plans to levy a tax on City law firms to off - set the revenue loss from scrapping controversial criminal court fees have been shelved, Legal Week understands.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling came under fire at the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) annual dinner last week when CILEx President Stephen Gowland told him he was «unconvinced» by his support for the Magna Carta.
The government's mooted tax on City law firms is just one of several options for improving the UK court system under consideration by government, senior partners in the City were told at a series of meetings with justice secretary Michael Gove earlier this week.
Justice Secretary Michael Gove said he did not accept the Justice Committee's findings that the Ministry had «largely failed to achieve [its] wider objectives for reform beyond achieving savings», in his response to the Committee's report into the impact of the changes to civil legal aid under Part 1 of LASPO (Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act), published this week.
As one audience member and Legal Week journalist tweeted using the Series hashtag «#Legaldebate»: «Two QCs, a Times journalist and a former secretary of state for justice — debates don't get much better».
The Justice Secretary set his hat against the Prime Minister last week as the cabinet split over the EU vote.
Delivering his judgment in RoadPeace v Secretary of State for Transport & Ors [2017] EWHC 2725 (Admin) last week, Mr Justice Ouseley agreed that domestic law should be changed to make insurance compulsory for an off - road vehicle driven in a way «consistent with its normal purpose».
«Goodness knows, things could hardly get worse, but the election means that nothing will happen for weeks and then a new justice secretary will want to have a think,» she blogged.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling gave the go - ahead this week to proposals to introduce independent accredited medical panels to assess injuries of claimants and weed out exaggerated or fraudulent claims, and to require injured parties to have a medical report before they can make a claim.
Launching the consultation, «Appointments and Diversity: A Judiciary for the 21st Century», this week, justice secretary Ken Clarke said: «Candidates should always be assessed on merit.