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Beside the seaside: Are justice issues making a comeback?

Posted by James Sandbach - 21st September 2017

In the first of series of three round-ups on how high legal aid and access to justice issues are on the party conference agendas, James Sandbach, director of policy and…

Pro bono: More than a public good

Posted by James Sandbach - 26th May 2017

James Sandbach, director of policy and external affairs at LawWorks, responds to Jon Black’s piece ‘What’s so good about pro bono’ published last week on legal Voice. Sandbach argues that…

How US pro bono lawyers mobilised to beat Trump travel ban

Posted by James Sandbach - 8th February 2017

The American legal profession’s response to the new president’s controversial executive order was unprecedented, says James Sandbach. Amid the misery caused by Donald Trump’s executive order banning anyone trying…

Public legal education: a quiet revolution in the making

Posted by James Sandbach - 11th November 2016

The deprivations that persons living in poverty encounter throughout their lives — lack of access to quality education, reduced access to information, limited political voice and social capital —…

When it comes to attacking legal aid, our new Lord Chancellor has form

Posted by James Sandbach - 21st July 2016

When it comes to attacking legal aid, our new Lord Chancellor has form, argues James Sandbach The appointment of Liz Truss as Lord Chancellor has raised a few eyebrows, given her…

Police and Crime Commissioners: the public face of justice

Posted by James Sandbach - 23rd May 2016

Blink and it is almost possible to miss the election cycle which installs Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) across England and Wales’ 43 county based territorial police forces; this year’s…

It’s official: legal aid cuts are making people ill

Posted by James Sandbach - 11th May 2016

If we look at all the major improvements in the UK’s population health over the past couple of centuries, it is hard to solely ascribe these to advances in…

Queen’s speech: Whither Justice?

Posted by James Sandbach - 28th May 2015

Hopes were not especially high for the justice content of this year’s Queens’ speech, but it looks like a packed legislative agenda with much to debate. A last minute surprise…

Justice Select Committee evidence on LASPO impacts

Posted by James Sandbach - 16th May 2014

Unusually, the Justice Select Committee have published all the submissions it has received to its inquiry on the impact of changes to civil legal aid under the Legal Aid, Sentencing…

Low Commission: ‘a good start, but will it fly?’

Posted by James Sandbach - 16th January 2014

Earlier this week, Lord Low launched the final report (called “tackling the advice deficit”) of the independent expert commission he has chaired for the past year on the future of…

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