All articles by Catherine Baksi – Page 11
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NewsPaddington Law Centre relocates to tighten belt
Contrary to reports, the 40-year-old centre is not closing but moving premises to save money.
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News81-year-old caught up in protest remains in custody
Harry Harrison’s pro bono bail application has been adjourned to Thursday.
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NewsRegulator suspends QASA registration as challenge rumbles on
A renewed application for permission to appeal the dismissal of the judicial review has been listed for 9 May.
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NewsUnrepresented parties become the majority in family cases
Data shows marked increase as reforms to family courts come in to effect.
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NewsUnrepresented octogenarian remanded in custody
Due to ongoing protest action, no one represented the 81-year-old charged with attempted murder.
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Public Defender Service hires 11 advocates
Instructing firms have either gone bust or stopped doing crime, Michael Wood QC tells Gazette.
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News‘Culture change’ needed to embrace fee-charging McKenzie friends
Consumer watchdog says the access to justice benefits outweigh potential detriment to clients.
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NewsFamily head clamps down on care time limit
Sir James Munby said the 26-week limit will only be departed from where ‘necessary’ to resolve proceedings.
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NewsNigel Evans rues backing for legal aid cuts
Cleared deputy speaker has called for the CPS to reimburse his defence costs.
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OpinionThe end of the affair
Many criminal solicitors feel betrayed by the bar on legal aid. But they must not be embittered.
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NewsNational mediation initiative gets under way
New hubs established ahead of compulsory information and assessment meetings.
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NewsDuncan Lewis in recruitment push
UK’s largest legal aid firm is looking to recruit in the wake of collapsed providers that have left an ‘advice desert’ in Birmingham.
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NewsLegal aid ruling saves ‘rape victim’ from court trauma
The client’s public funding was withdrawn after she enrolled on a university course.
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NewsMinister grants legal aid for Brixton riot inquest
The family of shooting victim Cherry Groce has been given exceptional funding to be represented at the inquest into her 2011 death.
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NewsWasted costs order quashed against ‘no returns’ barrister
A judge has ruled that a barrister whose case was affected by protest action acted entirely properly.
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NewsBlacklaws quits troubled Co-Op
Leading family lawyer Christina Blacklaws has left Co-operative Legal Services to set up an ABS consultancy.
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NewsBar votes to accept MoJ legal aid deal
Direct action to be suspended after two-to-one majority vote on fee deal.
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NewsLegal aid consultation ‘unlawful’, solicitors claim
Consultees, they say, did not have the opportunity to challenge the assumptions made in a report.
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NewsCommission presses ahead with ‘equal merit’ diversity preference
From 1 July, the Judicial Appointments Commission will be able to select candidates by race or gender where two applicants are of equal merit.
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NewsChildren’s charity condemns High Court’s anonymity cut-off
Children formerly involved in court proceedings may be named by the media when they turn 18.