All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 90
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NewsMoJ ‘out of touch with reality’ over cuts – spending watchdog
National Audit Office report finds savings on track – but the government did not understand wider impact of civil legal aid cuts.
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NewsConsumer watchdog under fire over McKenzie friend stance
MP: ‘Somebody can toddle along, say they are a McKenzie friend and start undermining and undercutting solicitors.’
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FeatureLiPs: a radical solution
An inquisitorial approach could be adopted in small claims, improving the speed and efficiency of these cases, as more litigants in person come to court.
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OpinionHate them if you like, but we need McKenzie friends
Clients are facing an advice vacuum – they need any help they can get.
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NewsCourt overturns legal aid denial in ‘wrongful arrest’ case
Sunita Sisangia sought public funding for a claim she intends to bring against the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
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NewsHughes plans scheme to divert women from prison
Justice minister agrees on social and economic benefits of keeping women offenders out of prison.
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NewsLord chief justice attacks court secrecy
Lord Thomas calls for greater guidance on issue of anonymous defendants.
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NewsLord chancellor denied relief over missed deadline
Although delay did not affect any pre-existing court timetable, delay in service prevented start of the pleadings process.
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NewsBar Conference: Moses targets Grayling on ‘rule of law’
Retired appeal court judge Sir Alan Moses berates government over dearth of legal knowledge and law officer sackings.
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ProfilePro bono fight for child custody
Rebecca Stevens has acted for more than 100 hours pro bono for family without representation.
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News
Legal aid form to be amended
Aid agency rolls out new electronic form after lawyers flag up problem.
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NewsScotland's legal aid system ‘not fit for purpose’
Law Society of Scotland president says time is right for ‘root and branch change’.
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NewsSolicitor mediation referrals plummet post-LASPO
Couples more likely to seek out mediation without turning to solicitor.
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NewsMunby’s fury as aid denied in adoption fight
Head of Family Division praises solicitor for working 100 hours for free after state ‘washed its hands of the problem’.
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NewsPro bono up as solicitors fill legal aid void
Law Society research estimates total annual value of pro bono across all private practices is now £601m.
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Opinion
Abandoned spouses
Under the legal aid cuts regime, financial (ancillary) relief is dead, except for the wealthy.
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NewsLabour promises legal aid review – but no new money
Shadow justice minister's 'complete lack of vision' slammed by criminal solicitors.
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NewsGovernment defeated in Lords on JR reform
Law Society urges government to drop judicial review reform plans after they are rejected by peers.
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Opinion
Coroners’ court disparity
Refusal to allow legal aid for inquests creates an unlevel playing field.
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NewsMackesys not shut but ‘restructuring’, says owner
Geoff Wordsworth claims firm’s website was hacked to announce closure.