All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 75
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NewsAction day 36: Legal Aid Agency gathering data
Agency reportedly contacting firms willing to cover Crown court cases with unrepresented defendants.
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NewsAction day 35: SRA issues second warning
Regulator says revised protocol still compromises solicitors’ professional obligations.
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OpinionAbolish advice at the police station
The lord chancellor is inviting ideas for savings. Here’s one.
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NewsAction day 34: MoJ dialogue 'still ongoing'
Practitioner groups meet Ministry of Justice officials for second time to discuss legal aid reforms.
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NewsPost-LASPO pro bono immigration increase 'not sustainable'
Ministry of Justice says little evidence legal aid reforms have adversely affected cases.
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NewsAction day 30: More talks with MoJ on Monday
Fee cuts and duty provider contracts will be up for discussion.
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NewsAction day 29: SRA warning prompts revised protocol
Solicitors thank the regulator for its ‘timely assistance in these difficult times’.
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NewsAppeal court allows prisoner legal aid challenge
Howard League of Penal Reform and Prisoners’ Advice Service say system is ‘inherently unfair’.
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NewsLegal aid tender process reopens for two areas
Agency seeks new bids for areas that did not attract enough interest first time round.
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NewsAction day 28: SRA issues warning over legal aid action
Regulator concerned solicitors following new protocol for action may not be acting in clients’ best interests.
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NewsAction day 27: barristers officially join legal aid boycott
Solicitors’ boycott against government’s fee cuts changes direction as action targeted at Crown court work.
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News‘Unlawful’ civil legal aid safety net scheme widened
Ministry of Justice amends scope of civil legal aid exceptional case funding – even though the scheme was lambasted by a High Court judge.
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Opinion
Undermining representation
The current criminal legal aid system does not create incentives for proper representation but for an abuse of the system.
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NewsAction was on brink of 'collapse’, practitioner groups reveal
Statement explaining shift in tactics reveals big firms were ready to withdraw from legal aid boycott.
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OpinionCourting unpopularity
The government must not be too dismissive in its responses to consultations.
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NewsNew protocol marks change of tactics in legal aid action
Practitioner groups say allowing police station and magistrates’ work will maintain firms’ cashflow.
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NewsGove meeting ‘potentially constructive’
Practitioner groups met with justice secretary this morning as nationwide boycott over legal aid cuts continues.
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NewsAction day 22: legal aid practitioners rally in London
Solicitors and barristers gathered outside Westminster Magistrates’ Court ahead of crucial meeting with Michael Gove tomorrow.
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NewsGovernment dismisses extradition legal aid concerns
House of Lords select committee recommended introduction of ticketing system for duty solicitor rota.
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NewsPractitioner groups to meet Gove as legal aid boycott continues
Thursday invitation from justice secretary raises hopes of compromise following fee cut.