Opposition parties back Woolf criticisms
News Article 4 March 2004
Opposition parties have given their support to Lord Woolf's criticisms of the government's constitutional reform plans.
Leading judge lashes asylum and law reform plans
Press Review 4 March 2004
The country's leading judge has hit out at plans to reform the asylum and judicial systems in his strongest outburst against the government yet.
Downing Street denies royal insult
Press Review 4 March 2004
Number 10 yesterday moved to quell criticism that the home secretary had pressed ahead with plans to rename the Crown Prosecution Service without informing the Queen.
Top judge slams government reform plans
News Article 3 March 2004
The most senior judge in England and Wales has launched a stinging attack on the government's legal and asylum reform plans.
Blunkett 'undermining independence of the judiciary'
News Article 3 March 2004
The home secretary has come under fire for suggesting that the name of the Crown Prosecution Service will be changed.
Prosecutors set for re-branding
Press Review 3 March 2004
Blunkett said it should be made more clear that the service acted in the public interest.
CPS to be renamed
News Article 2 March 2004
The Crown Prosecution Service is to be renamed, David Blunkett has announced.
Gun case collapse sparks review
Press Review 27 February 2004
The government is to review the Official Secrets Act in the wake of the collapse of the case against GCHQ whistleblower Katherine Gun.
Falconer defends supreme court plans
News Article 25 February 2004
The lord chancellor has defended government plans to separate judges from parliament.
Report to call for law firms shake-up
Press Review 25 February 2004
The man leading the government's review of the legal industry is set to propose a new kind of law firm.
Lawyers fight to save QC rank
Press Review 17 February 2004
Leading barristers are confident that they have persuaded Lord Falconer to allow the rank of Queen's Counsel to continue in a modified form.
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Judicial reforms condemned by MPs
News Article 10 February 2004
Plans to overhaul the judiciary were rushed and should be delayed, senior MPs have concluded
Committee criticises 'rushed' legal shake-up
Press Review 10 February 2004
A committee of MPs has attacked the government's plans to overhaul the judiciary.
Judicial independence 'in peril'
News Article 9 February 2004
The Conservatives have slammed government plans to establish a Supreme Court for the UK.
