All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 2
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News'Significant' amount of personal data accessed in LAA cyber attack
Dates of birth, national ID numbers, criminal history and financial data may be in the hands of hackers.
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NewsMemory lane
LAA's denial over an online billing system and lawyers' election triumph: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsLAA portal back online following data breach
System was switched off to practitioners while steps taken to bolster security and protect information.
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NewsMoJ consults on £92m offer for criminal legal aid
Law Society welcomes extra cash but says cost of living has outstripped extra funding being offered.
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NewsMoJ review finds Legal Aid Agency 'useful and necessary'
Assessment was carried out shortly after Labour came into power to provide assurance that LAA is aligned with government priorities.
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NewsIn depth: Could new funding models for early advice transform civil justice?
A two-year research project will explore different funding models for organisations that provide free and early legal advice ‘to move the conversation forward to an informed place’.
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NewsBirmingham firm wins legal aid appeal over retrial
Interval between two trials and change of judge and defence team meant it was ‘quite unrealistic’ not to treat them as separate trials.
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NewsMore solicitors recognised on LCJ-endorsed pro bono list
Number of solicitors featuring on second pro bono recognition list has jumped by 21%.
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NewsLegal advice service in council rent row 'cannot afford to move'
Solicitor says relocating to cheaper premises could affect volunteer numbers.
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NewsLSB poised to commit to ‘regulatory sandbox’ for justice
Chief executive Craig Westwood hopes ‘safe space’ for innovation and will help board fulfil remit to address unmet legal need.
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NewsRegulators urged to fix access to justice crisis
Report for consumer watchdog reopens potential for biggest law firms to pay access to justice levy.
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NewsMinistry of Justice finds £6m for legal support
Justice minister says access to early legal support can stop housing, welfare benefits and debt problems spiralling.
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NewsLegal aid fee increase will be 'swallowed up' by NI rise, Society warns
Chancery Lane says the proposed rates are not enough given that solicitors have had no pay rise in 30 years.
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News'Intermediate courts' will complicate legal aid, Leveson review told
Practitioner group says solicitors will struggle to split their time between three sets of courts.
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OpinionA digital revolution in justice: Looking back and moving forward
HMCTS chief executive Nick Goodwin reflects on the Reform Programme's journey to modernise the courts and tribunals system.
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NewsFirm wins legal aid appeal over 10,000 pages of prosecution evidence
Legal Aid Agency’s determining officer conceded only 882 pages of the 10,000 claimed by Wakefield-based firm.
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NewsCouncil and legal advice service clash over proposed rent rise of 562,000%
Council says Waterloo Action Centre, which pays a peppercorn rent, is ineligible for further cash until it signs a new lease.
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NewsIn depth: Lifeline for LawtechUK as Master of the Rolls hails 'world leader'
As the government threw a lifeline to LawtechUK, Sir Geoffrey Vos declared that the sector can become a serious competitor to the US. But little cash is flowing into access to justice ventures.
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NewsCriminal bar in crisis: one in three intends to quit
Half of respondents to CBA survey work over 60 hours a week and overwhelming majority spend weekends preparing cases.
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NewsLAA concedes pages of prosecution evidence after calculations go 'awry'
Costs judge awards legal aid firm the additional payment, £1,250 costs and the £100 paid on appeal.