With the Probate Registry set to handle a projected 350,000 applications a year, modernisation of the process is increasingly urgent.

But digitisation is contingent on updating 37-year-old rules.

Monidipa Fouzder reports ⬇️

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Must-read exclusive from Law Society Gazette courts editor Bianca Castro:
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As the Government Legal Department unveils its three-year business strategy, Treasury solicitor Susanna McGibbon expands on its goals of becoming a national GLD while offering rewarding careers.

Monidipa Fouzder reports:

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Yet to master the ability to thread properly, but to repeat a post hiding somewhere in my thread is this: Judiciary says it's central to rule of law that decisions on deployment remain for the independent judiciary. 'These matters should not be drawn into the political arena.'

My news feature on the marking error that saw 175 aspiring solicitors wrongly told they failed SQE1 is the cover story for the Law Society Gazette's latest weekly edition.

You can read the piece here:

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Dear spellcheck, is it really that difficult to work out why I keep writing 'Monidipa' in my emails even though you can't find 'Monidipa' in the dictionary?

Blog from me on why the government's reasons for increasing court and tribunal fees also applies to legal aid fees.

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Pro bono is at the heart of everything we do, so it's great to see that leading GCs have signed a pledge to support pro bono work.

Writing in Law Society Gazette, Monidipa Fouzder explains that the pledge is led by UK In House Pro Bono Group, National Pro Bono Centre & GC100.
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'We weren't being heard': siblings share family justice experience.

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What is true for domestic abuse survivors in this, sadly accurate, piece is true for many: Legal aid fee structures do not reflect the time and skill it takes to work with traumatised people.

ICYMI: my piece on an important event organised by the all-party parliamentary group on access to justice (APPG on Access to Justice).

A domestic abuse victim relayed her harrowing experiences to parliamentarians this week, highlighting the many impediments to securing justice.
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Thank you for the write-up of yesterday’s event Monidipa Fouzder. Details of the newly announced pilot scheme below. Investment in this area is essential if we are to keep women safe

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