All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 46
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NewsIBA 2019: Legal aid pays development dividends, global study shows
World Bank and IBA publish toolkit for rigorously calculating the costs and benefits of providing access to justice.
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NewsFinalists of SRA tech challenge revealed
The eight finalists will each receive £50,000 to develop their inventions.
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NewsUndergrads to advise on unfair dismissal and child access matters
University of Salford will open its free legal advice centre in October.
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NewsLabour pledges 'root-and-branch' review of Legal Aid Agency
The review will be chaired by Steve Hynes, former director of Legal Action Group.
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NewsIBA 2019: Insurance key to justice for 'forgotten middle'
Barriers include widespread exclusions for family and criminal law.
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OpinionLegal aid for unaccompanied and separated migrant children
Government must approve draft order to allow these uniquely vulnerable young people access to legal aid again.
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NewsLaw centre helps 2,300 people in its first year
Trustee chief says Suffolk is making good progress but not all advice gaps have been filled.
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NewsSociety urges long term approach to justice technology
Duplication of effort illustrates need for shared solutions to shared problem statements, Chancery Lane says.
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NewsSolicitors assured lessons will be learned from DSCC 'meltdown'
Practitioner groups have been invited to attend call centres and share their knowledge.
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NewsLaw centres prepare to protest over flexible operating hours
Six-month pilots at Brentford and Manchester courts will begin on Monday.
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NewsMiscarriage of justice fears over call centre 'meltdown'
Criminal defence practitioners fear detainees are going into police station interviews alone.
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NewsSRA concern over reluctance to report criminal defence 'touts'
Regulator says documentary evidence not necessarily needed to build up a picture.
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News'Severe issues' crash legal aid billing system
Legal Aid Agency said the client and cost management system was unlikely to be fixed before the weekend.
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NewsAccess to justice creates wealth, global study finds
More judges means a higher GDP growth rate, according to research across 107 countries.
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OpinionLegal information fills bellies as well as minds
Free online access to case law and other legal resources is a sound investment for African jurisdictions.
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NewsMoJ accelerates work on 'pressing' criminal legal aid concerns
Evidence needed on issues such as unused material by end of September.
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NewsGovernment amends LASPO to extend immigration legal aid
Justice minister Paul Maynard says change will help separated migrant children access support more quickly.
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News‘Perverse incentives’ of criminal legal aid fees hurt clients
Transform Justice’s latest report says the fixed police station fee creates a financial incentive for the most experienced lawyers to do the least complex cases.
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NewsWe're still here: fighting talk from law centres following Lambeth closure
Network chief says 16 have gone since 2013 - but six have joined and others are keen.
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News70 years, 70 cases: campaigners pay tribute to legal aid
Justice Alliance publishes booklet to commemorate Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949.