All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 4
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News'Hackers' threaten to publish Legal Aid Agency records
Authenticity of posts on new Telegram channel not possible to verify.
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OpinionWarning over legal aid vulnerability must be heard
Firms are being forced out of legal aid work because of the government’s failure to invest.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency data breach bigger than first thought
Data going back 18 years may have been accessed, including information linked to the partners of applicants.
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NewsNew legal aid portal coming soon, MoJ confirms
New system will be introduced in September - but may not mark end of months of disruption for legal aid lawyers.
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NewsLAA portal could be fixed - in September
Disruption endured by lawyers in submitting applications and receiving payments to last at least another month.
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NewsIn depth: Legal aid lawyers seize chance to vent at minister
Sarah Sackman lent a sympathetic ear to legal aid lawyers attending a parliamentary meeting last week. But the minister still couldn’t say when the Legal Aid Agency portal will be fixed.
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NewsMinistry of Justice eyes law firms’ client account interest
Legal aid providers invited to participate in discussions on possibility of Interest on Lawyer’s Client Account scheme.
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NewsMPs to probe feasibility of justice levy
Justice committee will also scrutinise legal services regulators as part of wide-ranging access to justice inquiry.
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OpinionThe Youth Justice Charter
Project recognises the need for clarity and commitment to the standards of care for children in the justice system.
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NewsLAA cyber-attack: lawyers bogged down by unpaid admin work
Law firm director tells minister staff are spending at least two hours more per case but costs assessment guidance prohibits payment.
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OpinionLegal aid fees consultation: what's changing?
The Ministry of Justice’s transformative ambition is welcome, but first steps highlight the scale of reform needed.
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NewsMR backs legal aid for early advice
Master of the rolls also warns that AI refuseniks must ‘face the consequences’ of being left behind.
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NewsPay duty solicitors more for working 'unsocial hours', MoJ told
Law Society says police officers are struggling to get a solicitor to attend the station at night.
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NewsLALYs 25: Pillars of a decent society
The Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards highlighted the full gamut of critical work, from representing prisoners to family law and immigration. Such advice ensures that ‘people’s rights have real, practical meaning’.
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NewsFormer Stobart boss disqualified over unpaid legal aid fees
Legal aid payments were distributed under contract but not transferred to expert witnesses, SRA says.
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NewsLeveson review: end 'perverse incentives' for solicitors
In wide-ranging 378-page criminal courts review, Sir Brian Leveson says legal aid fee systems discourage early guilty pleas.
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OpinionAnatomy of an endangered species
James E Hurford reviews 'The Hidden World of the Legal Aid Lawyer: Upholding the Heart of Justice'.
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NewsLegal aid fee uplifts 'not high enough' to rebuild sector
Legal aid sector says higher fee increases are needed if government wants to 'rebuild a more stable and sustainable' sector.
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NewsMoJ confirms fee uplifts for housing and immigration work
Housing and immigration lawyers to get a pay rise - but still no news on fee increases for rest of civil legal aid sector.
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ProfileSarah Sackman KC MP: 'Access to justice is a form of empowerment'
With Sir Brian Leveson’s review of the Crown courts imminent, justice minister Sarah Sackman proposes a ‘bold modernisation initiative’ to reduce the backlog in cases. And in the civil sphere, she tells Michael Cross that technology can ‘democratise access to justice’.