All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 88
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NewsRevise domestic abuse legal aid rules, MoJ urged
Citizens Advice says restrictions leading victims to ‘give up on their rights to justice’.
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NewsBlow to legal aid as High Court dismisses judicial review
Law Society and practitioner groups brought challenges over crime duty tender process.
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NewsChallenge to domestic violence legal aid ruling
Rights of Women charity appealing High Court decision on Law Society-backed challenge.
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NewsCriminal legal aid judgment tomorrow
Judicial review into crime duty tender process heard last month.
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NewsMinisters ‘avoiding’ litigants in person question – Khan
Shadow justice secretary asked about growth of litigants in person in court four months ago – but says he has yet to receive an answer.
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ProfileProfile: Patrick Allen
Allen co-founded his eminent London firm from a Euston squat while still in his twenties. Nearly forty years on he remains an innovator.
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Opinion
Family lawyers: loved at last?
The dismantling of legal aid has had one unexpected consequence – the worth of family lawyers is finally being recognised.
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NewsFirm targets flotation after £5m private equity investment
Business Growth Fund announces it has bought a minority share in McMillan Williams.
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NewsLegal aid savings ‘no economy at all’ – CoA judge
Judges lament time and expense taken to help litigant in person through court procedures.
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OpinionMoJ sees legal aid cuts as a job well done
Opponents can choose any adjective they like to describe LASPO, but the blows never seem to inflict any damage.
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NewsGovernment still playing ‘catch up’ on LASPO
PAC chair Margaret Hodge says it is ‘deeply disturbing’ that reforms were not based on evidence.
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OpinionGrayling testing resolve of Tory lawyers
Former MP’s outburst shows the lord chancellor’s talent for alienating his natural supporters.
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NewsReport finds no evidence ABSs have reduced legal costs
Study finds non-lawyer ownership would do little to meet existing legal needs in Canada.
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NewsWe'll scrap legal aid contract scheme, says Labour
Shadow justice secretary says he will work with the profession to find ‘a more sustainable method’.
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NewsMerseyside summit to tackle legal aid cuts
Meeting will focus on the effect of reforms in the housing and welfare benefits sector.
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South-east roll-out for CRM14 form
Legal Aid Agency has been rolling out the CRM14 eForm across the country.
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Law Society backing for outreach
CLOCK was set up in 2012 to assist those without representation in court with housing, welfare, family relations and community safety issues.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Court of Protection Handbook – a user’s guide
This handbook on embryonic new powers in the court is in a league of its own.
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NewsInsolvency costs cap does not fit – peer
At present, insolvency cases are exempted from the rules limiting the recovery of costs from a losing party.