All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 94
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NewsHigh Court slaps down legal aid reform
Consultation process so unfair as to be illegal, judge rules – but new fee cuts likely to go ahead.
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NewsBid to save legal aid for domestic violence victims
The High Court hears an application for permission for judicial review brought by Rights of Women today.
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NewsDuty contract hopefuls offered ‘webchat’
At 2pm next Tuesday, Legal Aid Agency staff will answer questions online about the 2015 duty provider contract.
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NewsLegal executives set out political wish list
CILEx proposes a review of all civil and criminal legal aid changes and funding reforms.
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NewsAdvocates to have specialist training for sex cases
Lord chancellor sets out series of victims’ support measures in run-up to party conference season.
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NewsFee U-turn to lift burden on criminal lawyers
Interim payments for lawyers working on long trials and cracked-trial fees will be introduced from 2 October to help lawyers with cashflow.
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NewsResidence test not unlawful, government insists
Lord chancellor rejects findings of a parliamentary committee that the legal aid residence test for children would lead to breaches of international law.
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NewsGrayling did not act improperly over reforms, court told
Mr Justice Burnett reserves judgment in judicial review, indicating it will be given by the end of the month.
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NewsReforms challenge opens with attack on Grayling
HIgh Court hears that lord chancellor became personally involved in 'caricature' consultation.
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NewsAccess to Justice campaign gets under way
The Law Society has today launched an ‘Access to Justice’ campaign to defend the rule of law in an environment where legal advice is becoming more expensive and difficult to obtain. The campaign’s key goals include raising public awareness of the help still available, and persuading policymakers to make changes ...
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Mozambique sets up legal aid body
The Mozambique Bar Association has set up a legal aid body to provide access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer. The Institute for Access to Justice has 1,400 qualified lawyers and 500 trainees registered to work with it.
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NewsMoJ ‘some way off’ a viable criminal contract scheme
Ministry is introducing new contracting arrangements alongside £215m cuts to the criminal legal aid budget.
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NewsCalls for legal advice strategy
The fragmentation of civil legal advice since the April cuts has undermined community cohesion, MPs were told today.
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OpinionExceptional funding – the emperor’s new clothes
With funding granted in only 4% of the 1,789 applications, and in only 12 family cases, the government cannot simply insist that the scheme is working.
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NewsFamily courts unfair for litigants in person, MPs told
Family lawyers’ groups gave evidence to the Common’s Justice Committee on the impact of civil legal aid cuts.
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NewsCaplen voices legal aid concerns
Law Society president Andrew Caplen has marked the approach of the organisation’s Access to Justice Day by voicing his concerns for criminal legal aid solicitors and the criminal justice system.
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Public access ‘reverse referral’
Public access barristers are emerging as a source of work rather than a threat to criminal solicitors, according to a lawyer at a top-100 firm that has seen a growing trend of referrals from the bar.