All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 57
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NewsSolicitors must make 'proper efforts' to find an advocate - SRA
Regulator issues guidance in response to criminal barristers' boycott of new legal aid work.
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NewsSpeaker condemns 'unhealthy' failure to allow MPs legal aid fee debate
Opposition claims proposals prompting barristers’ boycott could have fallen had they been properly scrutinised.
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NewsLabour pledges to restore legal aid for housing
Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon makes funding pledge for limited restoration.
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NewsLawyers unite to tell the government it's 'time for justice'
Vigil turns into rallying cry as solicitors, barristers and law centres tell the government that enough is enough.
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NewsMoJ unable to commit to releasing LASPO report this year
MoJ's Matthew Shelley tells MPs he will not be able to persuade ministers simply to put money back into the system and reverse reforms.
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NewsCriminal defence solicitors facing extinction
Not enough young lawyers are specialising in criminal law, Chancery Lane says.
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NewsJustice en danger! Black-robed protestors fill Paris streets
Organisers say more than 5,000 lawyers marched in protest at government reform plans
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NewsDozens of chambers join escalating bar action
Criminal solicitors call for ‘unity’ across the legal profession amid fears defendants may have ’unsuitable’ counsel foisted upon them.
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NewsCourt blocks £420k legal aid challenge from litigant in person
Judge finds no grounds for suggestion that Legal Aid Agency acted with ‘hostile intent’.
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NewsMurder case first to be hit by barrister action
Criminal barristers said they would not be taking on any new work from 1 April.
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NewsDead justice! French lawyers plan national action
Profession announces national demonstration against reforms.
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NewsEnough is enough: law centres prepare to fight MoJ in court
Judicial review hearing over housing court duty procurement will take place in May.
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News'Direct action' over cuts starts on Sunday, barristers announce
Around 90% of survey respondents voted in favour of boycotts, Criminal Bar Association reveals.
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NewsLawyers united: solicitors pledge to back bar's action
Profession unites to unveil Charter for Justice, with calls for ‘no backdoor deals’.
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NewsCriminal bar expects ‘overwhelming’ support for action
London set Garden Court Chambers has already said it will not carry out publicly funded work from next month.
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OpinionOasis in a desert
The law centre network today welcomes a new constituent, in Suffolk, which aims to irrigate a legal aid desert.
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Chambers announces direct action over 'crumbling' criminal justice system
Garden Court Chambers to begin action from 1 April.
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NewsPlug the gaps that emerge during LASPO review, MPs tell Gauke
House of Commons justice select committee letter also highlights digital concerns.