All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 82
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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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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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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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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Law Society lobbied for change to rule that meant legal aid could be withdrawn for victims before their case was completed.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.
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NewsAction day 7: MoJ ‘offers talks’ - but not about fee cuts
Justice ministry ‘opens up lines of dialogue’ as high-profile murder trial hit.
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NewsBar urges solicitors to withdraw legal aid tenders
Criminal bar suggests solicitors opposing new contracts are 'all talk'.
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NewsPDS lawyers move in as direct action bites
Legal aid lawyers picket Manchester Magistrates’ Court.
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NewsPractitioner groups condemn attacks on dissenting firms
Firms continuing to take on new legal aid work report 'negative comments' and phone abuse.
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NewsBallot shows overwhelming support for legal aid boycott
More than 1,000 criminal practitioners vote in favour of direct action against the government’s cuts.
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News'Business as usual', claims MoJ on first day of action
Government describes impact of today’s boycot as ‘negligible’ – though lawyers report significant disruption.
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NewsBar reverts to members on action as boycotts begin
Just weeks after a survey of members backed a boycott, the Criminal Bar Association is holding a formal ballot.
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NewsDirect action campaign escalates
London, Manchester and Leeds among centres voting to join Merseyside in taking direct action over legal aid cuts.