All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 104
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NewsFinancial backers of JRs to be disclosed
The Ministry of Justice has announced further plans to cut the number, length and cost of judicial reviews.
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NewsGrayling to meet criminal solicitors again on legal aid
Meeting secured by the Law Society will take place next Tuesday.
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McKenzie friends ‘valuable’ in court
Recent legal aid cuts have added to the emerging presence of paid advisers to litigants in person.
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OpinionFor want of a fee, justice was lost
Collapsing trials will show the MoJ’s fee cuts are a false economy.
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NewsLegal aid lawyers form new group to oppose cuts
Law Society and Bar Council to attend National Justice Committee as observers.
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NewsPrepare for trial, judge tells defendants in QC boycott case
Eight defendants appeared in a £4.5m fraud hearing without counsel due to legal aid fee cuts.
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NewsFees dispute puts £4.5m fraud trial in jeopardy
A judge will be asked to stay a fraud prosecution because no advocates will represent the defendants for the fees on offer.
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NewsCall to review Public Defender Service
The Ministry of Justice is recruiting lawyers to the PDS - as a Liberal Democrat peer describes the service as a waste of money.
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NewsCriminal lawyers consider further protest action
Grayling tells bar chief legal aid cuts are ‘writ in stone’ as practitioners consider next steps.
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OpinionNext steps on legal aid
Independent studies jointly commissioned by the Law Society and Ministry of Justice must form the basis for duty contracts.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency delays rollout of online working
National use of the digital system for civil cases has been put back from 20 January to allow for ’technical improvements’.
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NewsResearch bolsters case against legal aid cuts
Falling crime rates indicate that the annual bill will fall by £84m by 2018/19, against the £120m fee saving demanded.
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NewsLegal aid cut threat to family mediation drive
Cases begun before LASPO set to reach their conclusion.
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OpinionShaping our profession
The Law Society enters 2014 primed to protect and promote members’ interests on many fronts.
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News‘Chronic problem’ with legal aid in abduction cases
Legal aid in child abduction cases should be granted immediately, High Court judge suggests.
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NewsRestore legal aid for housing cases – commission
An independent report on the impact of LASPO stops short of calling for the restoration of all civil legal aid.
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NewsMP plea over aid for murdered teen case
Stella Creasy is urging the government to provide more support for the family of a teenager murdered in Greece.
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NewsChancery Lane keeps up pressure on fee cuts
Society to meet ‘as many solicitors affected as possible’.
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NewsHalf-day protest attracts hundreds of demonstrators
Lawyers take direct action over legal aid cuts.