All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 46
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NewsGovernment-commissioned review recommends legal aid for bereaved families
Independent report says families of those who died in state detention should receive non-means-tested public funding.
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NewsBurgon: Labour will restore legal aid for welfare benefits challenges
Shadow justice secretary indicated last month that he might be making two key announcements.
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NewsCanada shows way to online claims future
British Columbia’s Civil Resolution Tribunal to take on road traffic accident cases from April.
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No scope cuts and a fee hike: Scottish government buttresses legal aid system
Scotland’s legal aid solicitors will enjoy a more upbeat Christmas than their counterparts south of the border following a hike in fee rates. All civil and criminal legal aid rates north of the border will increase by 3% from next April, after the Scottish government published its response to an ...
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NewsA smartphone court: 'Why not?', asks the lord chief justice
International forum on online courts hears top-level enthusiasm for internet increasing access to justice.
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NewsBar Conference: Civil legal aid 'not fundamental', says Sumption
Supreme Court justice says relationship between barristers and solicitors now based on ‘mutual respect’.
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NewsGovernment pledges extra £8m in legal aid fee climbdown
Law Society welcomes changes it called for - but urges ministers to restart talks on solicitor fees.
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NewsRevealed: law centre getting 60,000 calls a year was on brink of closure
A law centre which received over 60,000 calls for help and one million hits on its website last year was on the verge of closure for the second time in a decade, the Gazette has learned. South West London Law Centres faced potential insolvency and closure in 2008. In the ...
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NewsWe're no replacement for legal aid, says crowdfunding pioneer
Crowdjustice founder says the platform is for the benefit of those with a 'story to tell'
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NewsCCMS crisis: domestic violence victims advised to represent themselves
Legal Aid Agency says it is aware of 'issues around performance' as family solicitor highlights devastating consequences.
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NewsCitizens Advice facing 'difficult choices' if £400,000 grant axed
Advice chiefs say they will struggle to find alternative sources of funding in time to ensure they can carry on.
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NewsLoss of £400,000 Citizens Advice grant would be a ‘disaster’
Suffolk County Council plan to scrap the grant as part of their 2019/20 budget proposals.
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NewsUN poverty envoy laments ‘gutting’ of legal aid in austerity report
Professor Philip Alston sas the government remains in a state of denial.
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OpinionLCCSA: 70 years fighting for justice
The London Criminal Courts Solicitors' Association reminds members why they must battle on.
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OpinionCivil justice reform needs more data
When seeking the basis for future law reform what should be our rule of reason?
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NewsCommercial lawyers clamour to slam ‘broken’ criminal justice system
Both sides of the profession concerned at erosion of criminal justice system.
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NewsGauke eyes charity boost for access to justice
The lord chancellor has acknowledged that advice agencies are helped funded by pro bono cost orders and donations.
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NewsNeill tells government: no shame in admitting we went too far on legal aid
Politicians make impassioned pleas during three-hour Westminster Hall debate.
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OpinionMaybe it's time to get rid of the 'rule of law'
If we want the public to care about justice, we need to simplify it for them.