All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 96
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NewsBar and MoJ announce fee deal
Revised fixed fees will be paid on a case-by-case basis for VHCCs while plans to expand the PDS further are halted.
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Society receives funding request for aid JR
The Law Society’s Management Board met to discuss the funding request.
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NewsPeers add to criticism of judicial review changes
The Lords’ constitution committee says government risks undermining the rule of law.
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NewsReport calls for higher fees to boost mediation
Mediation taskforce report calls for £100 rise in settlement fees for solicitors.
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Law ReportLegal aid
Six claims were heard together in which each claimant challenged the defendant Director of Legal Aid Casework’s decisions refusing to grant legal aid in respect of their immigration proceedings.
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NewsPrison law legal aid appeal granted
Two charities have been granted permission to appeal the High Court’s dismissal of their challenge to cuts introduced last December.
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NewsResidence test breaches UN convention, say parliamentarians
The Joint Committee on Human Rights calls for the provision to be withdrawn ‘immediately’.
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NewsTalks look set to settle dispute over VHCCs
Bar leaders have met the Ministry of Justice several times over the past month to seek to resolve impasse.
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NewsLegal aid firm denies negligence over doomed MMR claim
London-based Hodge Jones & Allen issued a statement today denying any wrongdoing.
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NewsMoJ figures paint stark picture of aid decline
Official statistics show the volume and cost of cases was falling before the LASPO cuts came in.
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NewsDate set for halted fraud trial
First Operation Cotton trial date scheduled as bar indicates a deal is close on fee cuts.
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FeatureExpert evidence under the spotlight
Radical reform of funding and compliance has placed the relationship between practitioners and expert witnesses under strain.
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NewsShiner accuses Grayling of ‘personal vendetta’
Legal Aid Agency inquiry into Phil Shiner and his firm Public Interest Lawyers is a ‘distraction’.
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NewsLes misérables
Lawyers across France went on strike last week, calling for a doubling of the country’s legal aid budget.
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NewsLegal aid guidance unlawful, High Court rules
The High Court rules that the guidance issued by the lord chancellor on granting legal aid in exceptional circumstances for immigration is in some respects ‘unlawful’.
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NewsBid to save legal aid for domestic violence victims
Two charities have brought an action to quash ‘restrictive’ evidential requirements needed to get legal aid.
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NewsPublic Defender Service adds three silks
The service now employs seven silks and 18 juniors, though ‘emergency measures’ have not materialised.