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Ministry of Justice Sets Up Today 
Restructured Home Office starts operating from today, with Ministry of Justice under secretary for Constitutional Affairs, Lord Falconer, taking responsibility for prisons, probation, sentencing New ministry faces immediate crisis in prisons BBC New ministry faces immediate crisis in prisons 09.05.07 Telegraph, Home Office, Ministry of Justice
Home Office to Be Split Blair and Reid have agreed to split the Home Office, probation, prisons and prevention of crime will go to DCA, to be renamed Ministry of Justice, Home Office will focus on security, absorbing anti-terror functions from Cabinet Office, fear will lose focus on low level anti-social behaviour issues 29.03.07 BBC, Anti-Social Behaviour, Criminal Justice, Immigration, Terror
Home Office Reform in Weeks Blair could split Home Office within a few weeks, national security, including police, could be run directly by PM, prisons merged with parts of DCA Guardian Reid's view of his role Telegraph Dr Who? Young star who remained obscure, nervous of scrutiny 22.01.07 Sunday Times, Criminal Justice
Big Cases to Be Televised Falconer is proposing to allow TV cameras into high profile trials, hope to open justice system to wider understanding, prohibition on identifying witnesses and victims 13.11.06 Times, Barrister Practice, Courts, Criminal Justice, Litigation, Media Law, Solicitor Practice
Legal Services Bill Tesco law - allowing outside capital in law firms - to go ahead under bill implementing Clementi report, also opens way for multi-disciplinary practices (MDPs) to ease property sales, bereavement 25.05.06 Guardian, Draft Legal Services Bill, DCA Web Pages, Department for Constitutional Affairs, Law Society, Legal Services Complaints Commission, Legal Services Reform, Solicitor Practice
IT @ DCA Dept has published tenders for IT contracts, will form Disc Programme to replace existing contracts as they expire 26.04.05 Public Technology
CCJ Register Registry Trust and Information Commissioner lining up to deflect Falconer's plans to include unpaid fines in the central register of court judgments and to put the whole thing out to commercial tender 22.11.04 Mail on Sunday, Courts Links
Complaints LSCC has appointmented Les Courtnell as Director of Operations, will examine the way that the Law Society handles complaints against solicitors 17.09.04 DCA , Press Release, Legal Services Commission Links
Wasted Costs DCA plans to change rules on criminal cases, anyone who causes a case to collapse through serious misconduct could have to pay, at present only parties to case or their lawyers can be held liable 16.09.04 DCA Press Release
