Guidance & resources
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August 10, 2020
Chief Coroner’s Guidance No. 40 Counsel and Solicitors to the Inquest[1]
Guidance to assist a coroner in dealing with inquests that may require the instruction of Counsel to the Inquest and/or the instruction of a firm of solicitors to act at the coroner’s direction
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July 31, 2020
Immigration and Asylum Chamber (First-Tier Tribunal): Help for Users – April 2021 Update
Practice statement note regarding help for users during the COVID-19 pandemic
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July 31, 2020
Practice Note – Hearings in the SCCO
Guidance on hearings and detailed assessments in the Senior Courts Costs Office.
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July 29, 2020
Clarifying the application of well-established allocation principles in youth justice cases during the COVID-19 emergency
Note from the Judicial Lead for Youth Justice in England and Wales
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July 29, 2020
Senior President of Tribunals Annual Report 2020 is published
Find out what impact COVID-19 has had on tribunal judges, members and staff
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July 28, 2020
Practice Guidance on Service of Part 4 Family Law Act 1996 applications, orders and notification to the police: Pilot Practice Direction 36U
The guidance should be considered alongside pilot Practice Direction 36U which comes into force on 3 August 2020.
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July 24, 2020
Pro bono legal work being extended to the Commercial Court
Scheme to help those on low incomes or representing themselves extends on 1 October 2020
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July 23, 2020
Students meet judges virtually at ‘Judicial Question Time’ event
Find out how Ipswich students questioned judges online about their careers
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July 23, 2020
Guidelines for sentencing offenders with mental disorders published by Sentencing Council
Judges and magistrates across England and Wales will have a new for sentencing offenders with mental disorders, developmental disorders or neurological impairments from 1 October 2020.
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July 8, 2020
Protocol for digital case files in the Service Justice System (SJS)
Details regarding the use of digital case files within the SJS