All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 100
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NewsLegal aid guidance unlawful, High Court rules
The High Court rules that the guidance issued by the lord chancellor on granting legal aid in exceptional circumstances for immigration is in some respects ‘unlawful’.
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NewsBid to save legal aid for domestic violence victims
Two charities have brought an action to quash ‘restrictive’ evidential requirements needed to get legal aid.
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NewsPublic Defender Service adds three silks
The service now employs seven silks and 18 juniors, though ‘emergency measures’ have not materialised.
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NewsLegal aid ‘impasse’ forces top family judge to adjourn
Sir James Munby calls on justice secretary to intervene to decide who should pay for an unrepresented father’s case.
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OpinionDefence costs: an elegant solution
Why not use City fines to pay the defence in serious fraud cases?
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NewsHillsborough solicitor honoured at legal aid Oscars
Outstanding achievement award goes to Elkan Abrahamson on a night of recognition for legal aid practitioners.
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NewsWork yourself out of existence, Grayling tells super-regulator
Chris Grayling said the LSB should work towards its demise to reduce ‘time-consuming and intrusive’ legal regulation.
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NewsMinistry plays down fee protest as judge acts
Government insists solicitor boycott has had ‘minimal’ impact, after a judge issued a note on dealing with unrepresented defendants.
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NewsMoJ set to clash with bar over PDS expansion
MoJ spokesman said the lord chancellor is ‘entirely supportive’ of the independent, self-employed bar.
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OpinionCotton and compromise
The criminal justice system requires a sensible resolution of the VHCC fee cut impasse.
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Opinion
Justice dismembered
It is difficult to comprehend the twisted logic which has resulted in the removal of legal representation from many of the population.
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OpinionRise of specialist law firms
Niche firms will materialise to occupy emergent ‘advice deserts’.
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OpinionPicking at the threads of justice
Op Cotton ruling removes the notion of the independent bar for complex cases, replacing it with an inadequate nationalised public defender.
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NewsJR proceedings begin over legal aid cuts
The two main criminal solicitor groups launch challenge to the government’s decision to press ahead with reforms.
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NewsMoJ’s ‘high-risk’ projects on the rise
The number of high-risk projects in the ministry has doubled since last year – but legal aid reform is on track.
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NewsCall the PDS, regulator tells solicitors caught in protest
The SRA has issued guidance to solicitors struggling to find advocates in cases affected by the bar’s refusal to take them.
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NewsFailure to fund child’s expert report unlawful
The Court of Appeal ruled the LAA was wrong not to pay the full costs of a report in case where only the child and not the parents were publicly funded.
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NewsCourt of Appeal overturns stay in case hit by bar boycott
The trial against five defendants charged with fraud will continue after the court overturned the stay.
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MoJ claims civil courts not damaged by austerity
Senior judges said last week unmeritorious claims are on the rise in the wake of LASPO.
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NewsGrayling head-hunts QCs to save fraud trials
Recruitment drive for the Public Defender Service used as an ‘emergency measure’ following protests against fee cuts.