All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 28
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NewsLondon defence solicitors demand 25% fee increase
Practitioner group revises what it is willing to accept from government after members say 15% uplift isn't enough.
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NewsCriminal legal aid sector ‘will disappear’, MPs hear
‘If there’s one flaw in the package, then the whole package is flawed,’ Society president tells justice committee.
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OpinionLow-income homeowners are still struggling to access legal aid
Legal Aid Agency must remove remaining barriers in trapped capital cases.
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NewsLegal aid barriers remain for people with 'trapped capital' - research
Public law specialists say low-income homeowners are still struggling to access legal aid following important High Court win.
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News'We have to fight': legal aid providers could decline work
Solicitors urged to tell representative bodies and practitioner groups what action they are prepared to take.
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NewsDPP says ‘shrunk font’ suggestion is ‘inaccurate’
Max Hill QC says ‘neither CPS policy nor practice’ to shrink font to cut costs by lowering page count.
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NewsMinistry of Justice to be grilled by MPs over legal aid proposals
Justice committee will hear evidence from Law Society, Bar Council, justice minister and legal aid policy director.
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NewsBundles guidance 'highlights litigant-in-person struggles'
Respondent in financial remedies proceedings 'encouraged' to help unrepresented applicant to prepare electronic file.
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NewsLAA declines to disclose back-up advocacy numbers for 'no returns'
Several solicitors have publicly declared they will not be helping Legal Aid Agency to undermine criminal bar's action.
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NewsPublic law campaigners help vulnerable child's legal aid challenge
Law Society stepped in financially after LAA refused to grant funding for judicial review claim against the agency's decision.
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NewsLAA turns to solicitors to undermine bar protest
Agency seeking higher court advocates to pick up cases not being covered because of ‘no returns’ action.
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NewsLAA sitting on £1.4m in unclaimed fees for unused material
Legal Aid Agency says prompts have been added to digital payment system to encourage providers to claim cash they are owed.
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NewsTributes paid to 'tenacious' housing lawyer Nathaniel (Nat) Mathews
Solicitor who worked at Hackney Community Law Centre for 28 years has died.
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NewsPoint of no returns: barristers begin legal aid action
Hundreds of practitioners are withdrawing longstanding gesture of goodwill that has helped prop up criminal justice system.
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News‘We understand’: Law Society issues guidance on bar action
Chancery Lane says it understands why criminal barristers are taking industrial action next week.
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NewsPublicly-funded criminal barrister numbers drop by 11%
Bar Council says its analysis shows ‘the stark impact of the pandemic on the criminal bar’.
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OpinionA time to reconsider VAT on legal services
The argument in favour of reduced or exempt VAT on legal services has always been about equality of arms and access to justice.
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NewsNews focus: Criminal legal aid - point of no return?
With barristers preparing for ‘no returns’ and the Law Society withdrawing support for the government’s proposed reform package, what now for criminal legal aid?
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OpinionThe SEND Green Paper: more obstacles to access to justice
The paper contributes to a culture where families involved in the process need not be listened to.
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NewsMoJ defends legal aid offer following Law Society broadside
Ministry of Justice encourages legal sector to engage with consultation after Chancery Lane withdrew support for proposed reform package.