All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 18
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OpinionCrown courts working group creates real opportunities to find solutions
Criminal justice representatives focus on identifying and removing impediments to an effective system, writes group member Richard Atkinson.
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OpinionImproving the criminal justice system through expert, cross-agency efforts
Sustainable changes can only be achieved by tackling challenges collectively, says Lord Justice Edis, Crown Court Improvement Group chair.
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NewsReferral routes widened for early advice pilot
Legal aid practitioners will be able to refer people potentially eligible for social welfare support.
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NewsLegal aid chiefs have 'very productive talks' with unions
Criminal defence solicitors will be in stronger position to take industrial action if they unionise.
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News£30m needed to raise prosecutor fees in line with defence
Sir Robert Neill says any increase to criminal legal aid must be ‘mirrored’ in an increase to prosecutor fees.
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NewsCriminal legal aid sustainability returning, minister tells MPs
Justice minister Mike Freer says number of offices, providers and duty solicitors is rising.
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NewsMoJ hails success of family mediation vouchers
Ministry of Justice has yet to announce decision on future of scheme, which is set to end in March.
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NewsMPs told of court chaos because of duty solicitor crisis
Law Society president Lubna Shuja highlights consequences of criminal legal aid exodus.
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NewsBig majority of Conservative voters support legal aid - poll
Law Society president Lubna Shuja says government 'swimming against the tide of its own voters'.
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NewsRaab faces judicial review over criminal legal aid fees
Law Society sends pre-action protocol letter telling lord chancellor to rethink 'unlawful and irrational' decision.
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NewsMinisters refuse to budge on civil legal aid timetable
Ministry of Justice highlights spending constraints after being told to bring forward review.
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OpinionMissing: government urgency over civil legal aid
Ministry of Justice's own figures show why major review must report back this year.
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NewsCivil legal aid review 'to report in 2024'
Ministry of Justice finally reveals details - but timetable causes alarm as sector continues to shrink.
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NewsJobs saved as big legal aid provider collapses into administration
Cartwright King acquired after a year in which the firm had to write off £625,000 in revenue.
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NewsCivil legal aid wait to continue into New Year
Ministry of Justice to announce terms of reference and process for major review in January.
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NewsLegal aid awareness training for prison staff
Ministry of Justice and HM Prison & Probation Service respond to inspectorate concerns over experience of immigration detainees.
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OpinionEnd-of-year review
From public sector strikes, through to the Russian invasion, climate change, and the death of the Queen, law firms have faced a myriad challenging issues.
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OpinionUnified court for migrant children
A ‘one stop’ court covering immigration, crime and local authority care is needed to replace the fragmented system for migrant children arriving in this country.
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NewsProsecution crisis 'will deepen' without fee increase, CBA chief warns
Kirsty Brimelow KC highlights need for funding parity as government hails progress in rape review action plan.