All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 54
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NewsLegal aid contracts fiasco continues hours before stopgap measure expires
Several practitioners have been trying to sign the relevant government paperwork this week.
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NewsLegal aid lawyers 'hanging on by the skin of their teeth', minister told
Justice minister Lucy Frazer tells MPs the government is confident about market capacity.
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OpinionCivil legal aid contracts: what went wrong?
The Legal Aid Agency updated practitioners on new contracts one hour and 48 minutes before they were due to begin.
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NewsLegal aid providers in limbo day before new contracts begin
Law Society has asked the Legal Aid Agency to issue urgent advice about existing and new work.
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NewsJuniors lose out as MoJ proposes advocacy fee rise
Law Society says new rates will will worsen the recruitment crisis in legal aid work.
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NewsPI referral fee ban not working, MoJ told
Forum of Insurance Lawyers says SRA survey underestimates degree to which claimant businesses breach LASPO.
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NewsLAA ordered to disclose legal aid fees 'calculator'
High Court says it would have expected the government would want advocates to know how fees are assessed.
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NewsMoJ goes on hiring spree to strengthen Public Defender Service
Retirements and advocates becoming judges have left a hole in the Legal Aid Agency department.
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NewsAppeal over criminal legal aid decision 'still on the cards'
Legal Aid Agency updates Crown court fee position following High Court defeat.
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NewsSolicitors in the dock over alleged £12.6m legal aid fraud
His Honour Judge Loraine-Smith adjourns plea and trial preparation hearing until 12 October.
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NewsWe've learnt our lesson: LAA improves complaints-handling process
House of Commons justice select committee seeks assurances following ombudsman decision.
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NewsMoJ urged to break DBA deadlock in LASPO review
Call comes following concern about the limited take-up of a change meant to increase access to justice.
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OpinionUnfinished business on LASPO
Leading industry figures put their heads together on Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
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NewsCourt rules criminal legal aid reforms unlawful
Changes to the litigators’ graduated fee scheme were based on methods that were ’statistically flawed’.
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Judicial heavyweights hit out
Two of the country’s most senior judges have entered live political controversies to highlight vulnerable people’s plight within the justice system.
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NewsCriminal legal aid fragility putting rights at risk - MPs
House of Commons justice select committee says an independent review must be completed by March 2020.
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NewsHale enters court closure debate with 'imaginary' scenario
Supreme Court president also says government is unlikely to do more than rearrange funds following legal aid review.
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NewsSave the date: Justice Week confirmed
Law Society, Bar Council and CILEx want to highlight justice issues to new audiences.
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NewsMoJ could level playing field for bereaved families at inquests
Justice minister Lucy Frazer announces review of legal aid provision.
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NewsHigh Court reserves judgment over legal aid fee fight
The Law Society is challenging the government's decision to cut Crown court fees for solicitors under Litigators' Graduated Fee Scheme reforms.