All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 19
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NewsCriminal legal aid decline resumes
Government data shows provider numbers have been falling following surge when crime contracts began.
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OpinionLabour's bingo card
Plumbers do not have to pay out of their own pockets for people to have access to sound pipes. Do solicitors have broader social obligations to their sector?
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NewsSolicitor opens advice clinic in home town
Cannock and Rugeley Law Clinic will offer free 30-minute consultations to residents.
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NewsOnly 22 housing possession cases referred to mediation pilot
Review reveals communication barriers and absence of legal advice contributed to low take-up.
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NewsLAA fails to attract sufficient bids for housing legal aid contracts
Law Society says second procurement opportunity shows work has become financially unviable.
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NewsFollow AG's lead over legal aid fees, Raab urged
Law Society says attorney general recognises need for equality of arms between prosecution and defence barristers.
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NewsLegal aid widened for child cases following public law challenge
Means test removed for carers of looked-after children in special educational needs and disability tribunal.
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NewsFocus on real-life not high concepts, consumer watchdog tells regulator
Panel says LSB devotes disproportionate time and resources to issues such as rule of law and professional ethics.
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News'Stop short-changing solicitors': HM Treasury gives prosecutors extra cash
Settlement restores parity of funding between prosecution and defence barristers - but solicitors still 'short-changed'.
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NewsMurder trial adjourned for three days 'because heating not working'
Home affairs committee told criminal justice system creaking due to decades of underfunding.
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News'Raise legal aid': Wales's message to Westminster
Welsh government highlights financial support for advice services despite justice not being devolved.
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NewsMoJ reveals drawn out timetable for civil legal aid review
Terms of reference document suggests final policy decisions will be made closer to the next general election.
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News'Unionisation may be our only choice,' legal aid chief tells members
London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association president says talks with unions will continue.
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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.