The evidence is clear: LASPO isn’t working
As we await the government’s formal review of the 2012 act, everyone from the TUC to the NAO to Liberty agrees it has had a devastating impact, says Richard Miller…
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Richard Miller
Richard is head of legal aid at the Law Society. He was previously director of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group
‘Constantly battling isn’t healthy for lawyers, government or clients’
A former legal aid lawyer turned policy wonk, for the past 16 years, Richard Miller has watched one ill-judged attempt to reform the scheme after another unravel. Below, he sets…
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What to expect from the new criminal legal aid contracts
Richard Miller explains what may be in store when the new criminal legal aid contracts come into force next year. The Legal Aid Agency is consulting the Law Society, Bar…
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Law Society: ‘key to market sustainability is consolidation’
The MoJ’s original proposals for criminal legal aid would have led to three quarters of all firms not getting a contract, and the remaining quarter having to restructure radically in…
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The world hasn’t ended, it’s just changed
So that’s it, then. LASPO has received royal assent, and legal aid as we know it has come to an end, writes Richard Miller. Except, it’s not quite as simple…
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