All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 61
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NewsLegal aid safety net applications soar to record level
Government statistics highlight decline in overall work and expenditure across the sector.
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NewsChallenge to legal aid cuts gets under way
Law Society seeking judicial review of changes to litigators graduated fee scheme.
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NewsEvidence tests relaxed for domestic violence legal aid
Following campaign backed by Law Society, Ministry of Justice says reforms will ensure vulnerable women and children can get legal support.
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NewsGovernment defends fee cut ahead of Law Society challenge
Justice minister Dominic Raab says increased Crown court spend does not reflect an increase in defence solicitors' work.
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NewsImmigration detainees face deportation due to legal aid bureaucracy
Indepedent study commissioned by Bar Council highlights solicitors' 'Catch-22' dilemma.
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NewsLaw Society to challenge government over fee cuts
Vice-president Christina Blacklaws says Chancery Lane has no choice but to take legal action.
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NewsStruggling legal aid solicitors 'reluctant' to request help for vulnerable suspects
Justice director Andrea Coomber says reasonable adjustments are made for too few vulnerable people in the criminal justice system.
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News'Ghost' solicitors rule could be unlawful discrimination
London Criminal Courts Solicitors' Association survey highlights problems for members with caring responsibilities.
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NewsLegal aid cuts shown up as false economy - new research
Research published today by the Law Society adds to growing evidence that the government’s legal aid cuts have been a false economy. The research, conducted by Ipsos MORI, shows a statistical link between getting early legal advice and resolving problems sooner. Early advice is defined as within three months of ...
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NewsNews focus: what the budget means for solicitors
There were few surprises for solicitors in the budget, with stamp duty land tax and avoidance in the chancellor’s sights. Deep cuts to justice spending went unmentioned
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NewsMoJ reveals massive budget cut as new advice deserts open
The deeply worrying scale of the budgetary pressures bearing down on the Ministry of Justice is laid bare in new figures which will dampen already faint hopes of public funding reform. In a written parliamentary answer, justice minister Dominic Raab revealed that the MoJ will have suffered a cumulative 40% ...
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NewsLAA pledges to improve IT reliability with 'challenging targets'
Chief executive Shaun McNally expects the agency to remain under strong pressure to reduce its budget.
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NewsFamilies of 1974 bombings victims turn to crowdfunding after legal aid denied
Campaign group still fighting for justice as 43rd anniversary of Birmingham terror attacks approaches.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency to review 14-hour rule to tackle 'ghost' solicitors
Law Society and practitioner groups say Crown court advocacy should count towards contract requirement.
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NewsSir Henry Brooke's legal aid rallying cry
Standing ovation as renowned chair hits out at recent cuts.
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NewsBar Conference: We don't accept your constraints, chair tells government
Andrew Langdon QC says treatment of profession ’borders on contempt’.
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NewsCourt service centres will deliver 'better bang for the taxpayers' buck'
Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent sites will handle phone and web enquiries for criminal, civil, family and tribunal cases.
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NewsGrant bereaved families legal aid for inquest, Hillsborough adviser urges
The Right Revered James Jones says public bodies should stop spending limitless sums for their own representation.
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NewsHigh Court dismisses seven-year legal aid contract fight
Mr Justice Coulson says case is an example of how not to conduct a public procurement challenge.
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NewsLack of inquest legal aid for bereaved families a 'false economy'
Government will review existing guidance following independent review of deaths in police custody.