All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 28
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NewsSolicitors vote to escalate legal aid action
Dozens of criminal defence practitioners will refuse to take on low-paid work starting with burglary cases from 25 May.
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NewsLAA seeks to assure worried practitioners over duty work
Legal Aid Agency says most providers with outstanding verification requirements should still be able to join October duty scheme.
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NewsAdvice deserts? We have a telephone helpline, says minister
Government responds to concerns about dwindling number of legal aid providers for new social welfare cases.
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NewsStudy reveals misunderstandings over early disclosure scheme
Research suggests greater pre-charge engagement could divert many cases away from trial and reduce court backlog.
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NewsMeans test timetable 'could be brought forward' due to inflation
Ministry of Justice chief says income and capital thresholds could be reviewed sooner but annual uprating unlikely.
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OpinionDoes it pay to represent yourself in court?
Lack of public funding is no doubt a significant reason why there is a growing number of litigants of person.
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News'We will sue the pants off them': outrage over LAA announcement
Several practitioners worried they will lose out on much-needed work when new crime contracts commence.
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OpinionThe Rwandan lawyer trap has snapped shut
Attacks by a prime minister on lawyers exercising their professional duties can have a chilling effect on the right of access to justice.
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NewsCriminal bar chief hails 'extraordinary' commitment to legal aid action
Jo Sidhu QC says 'no returns' is causing widespread disruption and time is not on the government's side.
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NewsGetting £135m for criminal legal aid not easy, says minister
James Cartlidge MP insists at Law Society webinar that practitioners will get a 15% uplift in most fees.
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News'Loss-making' rates behind decline in community care work
Firms tell social care charity they are reluctant to take on cases because the work is financially unviable.
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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.