All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 69
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NewsNews focus: agency aspires to maturity
The Legal Aid Agency wants an ‘adult-to-adult’ relationship with solicitors as it plans further cuts. But how does that square with a new ‘embarrassment’ clause in contracts?
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OpinionCrime and transparency in the EU
Important decisions were taken at EU Council meetings last week on matters ranging from legal aid to enabling tax avoidance.
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NewsBar Conference – embrace digital justice, tribunals president urges
Sir Ernest Ryder says the justice system is undergoing its biggest overhaul since 1870s - but denies austerity is the driver.
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NewsLAA begins to deliver bad news over crime contracts
Legal Aid Agency says it received tenders from more than 1,400 organisations.
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News'It's getting worse and worse': Amnesty highlights casualties of legal aid cuts
Human rights group publishes findings of nine-month review.
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NewsAgency faces JR over ‘embarrassment’ clause
Public Law Project sends pre-action protocol letter over terms of new criminal legal aid contracts.
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Solicitors ‘conned Legal Aid Agency out of £600,000’
Trio on trial deny setting up fake agency to siphon off interpreters’ fees.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency looking for extra £11m in cuts
Chief executive calls for ‘adult to adult’ relationship with solicitors.
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NewsFormer Stobart chief acquires second criminal legal aid firm
Trevor Howarth says One Legal has completed acquisition of Guney, Clark & Ryan.
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NewsWalkers march for access to justice in Cardiff
Event raises £7,000 to go towards improving access to legal services.
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NewsEx-Kaim Todner directors fined for not disclosing money problems 'promptly'
Firm entered into company voluntary arrangement with creditors in 2013.
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NewsNews focus: Labour’s charm offensive
Abolishing employment tribunal fees and beefing up the legal aid budget were among the shadow justice secretary’s pledges at last week’s party conference.
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NewsMoJ ‘spending millions’ to cope with LiPs
Statistics published this week showed unrepresented parties reaching record levels at the family courts.
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NewsLegal aid safety net applications soar
Legal Aid Agency granted just over half of the 424 applications for exceptional case funding received between April and June.
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NewsOne-third of family court cases have no representative at all
Workload of the family courts also showing significant increases.
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OpinionLabour finally doing itself justice
It probably won’t win the public over, but Labour is openly wooing the legal profession.
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NewsLabour promises manifesto pledge on legal aid
'Queues are snaking out of MPs' surgeries of people who don't need to see their MP, they need to see a lawyer.'
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NewsSenior judge warns on ‘salami-slicing’ of courts service
Sir Peter Gross laments ‘painful loss of knowledge’ arising from departure of senior managers – and forecasts more job cuts.
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NewsLabour delays justice review until summer 2017
Party’s justice spokesman commits to abolition of employment tribunal fees.
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Opinion
Iraq invasion: Straw men
Politicians who led the UK into disastrous and illegal foreign wars face no sanction while ministers revel in the closure of a legal aid firm.