All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 106
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Opinion
No referrals in mediation since cuts
Legal aid cuts have meant there are fewer clients being referred to this form of dispute resolution.
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News
Neuberger: cuts are ‘blot on the rule of law’
Supreme Court president has warned that proposed legal aid cuts could deny justice to those most in need.
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Opinion
Legal aid: illusory savings
A recent experience at the magistrates’ court dramatically brought home the false economy of legal aid cuts.
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News
Legal Aid Agency confirms launch of online working
Solicitors who have taken part in the pilot claim a number of problems should be dealt with before the system goes live nationally.
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OpinionGrayling faces a new problem
The lord chancellor says all the bar’s problems are not down to him. But the government must prepare for a looming issue.
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NewsBar chair challenges Grayling’s sums
Lord chancellor under fire for claiming QC’s fees average £135,000 on high cost cases.
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NewsRoom for ‘only 300 criminal firms’
There are too many criminal law firms and too many criminal lawyers, according to a Tuckers senior partner.
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News
Lawyers in France strike
The move is a sign of growing anger among the French legal profession over legal aid cuts.
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NewsVara gets legal aid brief following MoJ reshuffle
Portfolio includes judicial policy, civil law and justice, international business, legal services and claims management regulation.
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NewsSociety tackles ‘false impressions’ over MoJ engagement
Chief executive’s letter to profession defends engagement with the Ministry of Justice.
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OpinionFinding a new plot
Developments in legal services often follow a similar pattern. Are current events more like Dracula or Sleeping Beauty?
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News
Society warns PCT could still be resurrected
Desmond Hudson has urged solicitors not to oppose the amended Ministry of Justice legal aid proposals.
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NewsMinistry extends legal aid consultation
The Ministry of Justice has made the decision following ‘clarification and amendments’ to the paper.
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NewsLord chancellor faces legal aid court action
Application challenges the scope of firm’s legal aid contract on judicial reviews in housing cases.
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OpinionLessons from the Conservative Party conference
After a busy few days in Manchester, what did we learn about legal issues?
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NewsCriminal legal aid survey extended by one week
Firms urged to take part in joint Law Society and Ministry of Justice study on the impact of legal aid cuts.
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NewsGrieve: legal aid cuts hurt, but bar is just too big
Attorney general admits potential problems with legal aid cuts but says profession cannot be exempt from austerity.
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News
Referrals to family mediation plummet
The practice is seen as the government’s flagship solution to the removal of legal aid and congested courts.
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NewsCriminal barristers set to target courts
Criminal Bar Association has stressed the bar’s concerns over the government’s ‘sustained attack’ on the criminal justice system.
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NewsTooks Chambers to resurrect as low-cost Mansfield Chambers
New set hopes to halve the overheads paid to chambers by operating on a ‘wholly new platform’ through an electronic hub.