All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 81
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NewsGovernment dismisses extradition legal aid concerns
House of Lords select committee recommended introduction of ticketing system for duty solicitor rota.
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NewsPractitioner groups to meet Gove as legal aid boycott continues
Thursday invitation from justice secretary raises hopes of compromise following fee cut.
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NewsCourt closures ‘won’t affect legal aid and family reforms’
Ministry of Justice and HM Courts and Tribunals Service consulting on shutting nearly one-fifth of the courts estate.
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NewsCriminal bar announces date for legal aid action
Executive committee recommends action begin on 27 July as it issues protocol.
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NewsExceptional funding scheme ‘unlawful’, High Court rules
People unable to pay for legal assistance ‘suffering in a way that parliament could not have intended’.
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NewsManchester legal aid rally: image gallery
Hundreds of solicitors gathered in Manchester to voice their opposition to legal aid cuts.
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NewsCouncil legal chief warns against curbs to judicial review
The assistant director of Essex Legal Services rebuts the government’s claims that judicial review actions are growing.
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NewsGove: legal aid ‘concerns are legitimate’ – but no concessions
Lord chancellor also pledges review of Legal Services Act to avoid ‘regulators falling over each other’s feet’.
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NewsAction day 15: bar backs direct action
Majority of CBA members who voted back policy of no new work and ‘no returns’.
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NewsAction day 14: judges query absence of solicitors
Hundreds of practitioners attend north-west rally to protest cuts as judges seek answers.
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NewsNo damage caused by civil legal aid reforms, says defiant MoJ
Government defends itself against a highly critical report on LASPO from the commons justice committee.
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News'Force lawyers into pro bono' - think tank
Report says public have lost trust in legal profession and recommends free work as a way to re-establish it.
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NewsAction day 13: firms consider duty boycott
Legal aid lawyers gear up for more direct action as standoff continues.
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OpinionTHEATRE REVIEW: The Invisible
The play torpedoes the crass but enduring stereotype that the legal profession is full of ‘fat cat’ lawyers.
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News89-call hunt for solicitor as protest bites
Ministry of Justice denies claims that its Duty Solicitor Call Centre is buckling under the pressure as legal aid boycott goes on.
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NewsAction day 10: MoJ denies manipulating legal aid figures
Practitioner group accuses justice ministry of ‘bare-faced lie’.
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NewsFunding ‘must be restored’ in some areas – president
Law Society’s new president says cuts have left supply of legal services ‘unstable and unsustainable’.
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NewsLegal aid restrictions for domestic abuse loosened
Law Society lobbied for change to rule that meant legal aid could be withdrawn for victims before their case was completed.
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NewsAction day 8: Gove meets big legal aid firms
Lord chancellor ‘concerned' as he meets representatives from the Big Firms Group.