All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 85
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NewsChurches urged to provide legal support
Current legal aid situation risks division between those who can and cannot afford to buy justice, says Christian thinktank.
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NewsGrayling JR amendment ‘unlawful’ – High Court
Solicitors challenged lord chancellor’s ‘no permission, no fee’ arrangement.
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NewsTelephone gateway ‘barrier’ to justice
Legal charity reports use of mandatory gateway for civil legal advice has been far lower than expected.
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Slavery legal aid bid
Lord Bates tells the Lords that a proposed Labour amendment to the Modern Slavery Bill was not needed
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Nominations open for legal aid awards
There are 12 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards, including new categories of children’s rights, public law and access to justice.
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NewsAppeal granted on criminal legal aid
Court of Appeal to hear challenges to lord chancellor’s two-tier duty contract reforms on 10 and 11 March.
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NewsMunby turns his guns on excess bundles
Judge lays down the law after bundle with 591 pages submitted by party in family court.
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NewsSummit: Boris Johnson leaves them wanting more
‘A lawyer-driven ecstasy of namby-pambyness.’ Mayor of London justifies his headline billing by remaining entirely in character.
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NewsSummit: comedy alternative packs them in
Global Law Summit refusenik Chakrabarti declines to make jokes.
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NewsSummit: dissenters rally at Westminster
Not the Global Law Summit condemns ‘very poor’ lord chancellor.
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NewsLegal aid challenge for inquests succeeds
High Court says current government guidance provides ‘materially misleading impression’ of the law.
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NewsRevise domestic abuse legal aid rules, MoJ urged
Citizens Advice says restrictions leading victims to ‘give up on their rights to justice’.
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NewsBlow to legal aid as High Court dismisses judicial review
Law Society and practitioner groups brought challenges over crime duty tender process.
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NewsChallenge to domestic violence legal aid ruling
Rights of Women charity appealing High Court decision on Law Society-backed challenge.
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NewsCriminal legal aid judgment tomorrow
Judicial review into crime duty tender process heard last month.
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NewsMinisters ‘avoiding’ litigants in person question – Khan
Shadow justice secretary asked about growth of litigants in person in court four months ago – but says he has yet to receive an answer.
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Opinion
Family lawyers: loved at last?
The dismantling of legal aid has had one unexpected consequence – the worth of family lawyers is finally being recognised.
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ProfileProfile: Patrick Allen
Allen co-founded his eminent London firm from a Euston squat while still in his twenties. Nearly forty years on he remains an innovator.
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NewsFirm targets flotation after £5m private equity investment
Business Growth Fund announces it has bought a minority share in McMillan Williams.
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NewsLegal aid savings ‘no economy at all’ – CoA judge
Judges lament time and expense taken to help litigant in person through court procedures.