All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 20
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News'We're back': legal aid lawyers begin second week of strikes
Criminal Bar Association chair Jo Sidhu QC urges Dominic Raab to pick up the phone.
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NewsStrike data collection caused ‘immediate distress’
Criminal Bar Association demands explanation for 'name non-attendees' email.
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Opinion'We have heard them loud and clear'
Review of criminal aid is not just about pay and conditions - our ambition is for long-term transformation.
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NewsNews focus: Barristers walk out of courts - can they win?
Criminal barristers stepped up their direct action over legal aid rates this week by walking out of courts across England and Wales. Their ‘strike’ appears rock-solid, but the government has given no indication yet that it is willing to come back to the negotiating table.
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NewsMoJ to fast-track criminal legal aid fee increase
Government announcement comes three days after criminal barristers commenced strike action.
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NewsSanctions on strikers 'could be unlawful'
Criminal Bar Association highlights ECHR defence against any application for wasted costs or disciplinary action.
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NewsSolicitors mull court walkouts over legal aid
Criminal defence lawyers unhappy about the government's reform package are already refusing to take on poorly paid work.
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OpinionPro bono left to pick up the slack
Attempting to fill the gap left by an exodus of lawyers from the criminal justice system is an impossible task.
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NewsCourt staff asked to report strikers' data for Raab
Data on absent barristers will go to the deputy prime minister, according to HMCTS email.
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OpinionSetting the record straight on barristers' pay
The public would be alarmed to know how much legal aid lawyers actually earn.
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NewsPhil Shiner pleads not guilty to fraud over Iraqi civilians claims
The 65-year-old, from Birmingham, appeared remotely at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today.
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NewsIn pictures: Lawyers take action across the country
Barristers and solicitors join picket lines outside courts in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol and Cardiff.
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NewsOn the picket line: Raab condemns strike as barristers down tools
Justice secretary condemns protests as Labour says strikes are the 'last thing the justice system needs'.
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NewsCriminal bar reassured over disciplinary proceedings risk
Hundreds of barristers expected to participate in first court walkout next week over government's legal aid reforms.
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NewsPhil Shiner charged with fraud over Iraqi civilians claims
Former human rights lawyer, 65, due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
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NewsSilks accuse LCJ of 'intimidating' lawyers over court walkouts
QCs say independent office of lord chief justice risks being seen as doing job of a partisan enforcer for the government.
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NewsSolicitors encouraged to join bar picket line
London practitioner group says it stands with colleagues at the criminal bar in legal aid fight.
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NewsBar urges funding to tackle access to justice ‘postcode lottery’
Mark Fenhalls QC says ‘we urgently need a political commitment to fund capacity across the justice system’.
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NewsLiP support service under threat after government cuts funding
Support Through Court must raise £400,000 or face closing some of its regional doors.
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NewsBarristers prepare to walk out over legal aid fees
Hundreds of barristers have voted to participate in 'days of action' as well as to refuse returned cases and new instructions.