Oliver Carter, Author at Legal

‘A turning point for access to justice?’

Posted by Oliver Carter - 8th February 2019

‘Justice is at the centre of a safe, fair and prosperous society and this Government is committed to protecting and guaranteeing access to justice for future generations.’ Who could disagree…

‘From crisis to full-blown emergency’ as Ministry of Justice faces more cuts

Posted by Oliver Carter - 28th November 2017

If it was understandable that the announcement of a further £600m cut for the Ministry of Justice did not make the post-Budget headlines, it was no less disheartening for it.…

This (young legal aid) life: Oliver Carter

Posted by Oliver Carter - 11th July 2017

It’s Thursday morning but it doesn’t feel like it. Somehow the week so far has felt both incredibly long and like it has passed in a blur. I’m back in…

Voting for justice 2017: human rights and access to justice in the party manifestos

Posted by Oliver Carter - 7th June 2017

Tomorrow, voters across the United Kingdom will cast their ballots in a general election which most political commentators expect will result in an increased Conservative majority. A number of different…

YLAL debate: Access to justice after the election

Posted by Oliver Carter - 24th May 2017

What do the next five years hold for legal aid? There is unlikely to be much focus on this subject during the general election campaign, but in an attempt to…

Labour lambasts government over access to justice ‘crisis’ following legal aid cuts

Posted by Oliver Carter - 25th November 2016

Labour this morning launches an interim report on ‘the crisis in the justice system in England & Wales’, arguing that cuts to legal aid have created a two tier justice…

Lib Dem peer attacks legal aid lawyers for acting like ‘1970s trade unionists’

Posted by Oliver Carter - 21st September 2016

If access to justice campaigners had thought Shailesh Vara MP, the former minister for legal aid, would express any regret about the impact of the cuts to legal aid now…

Supreme Court to decide on legal aid ‘residence test’

Posted by Oliver Carter - 22nd March 2016

Next month, the Supreme Court will hear an appeal concerning the government’s proposed residence test for civil legal aid, which would (subject to some exceptions) limit public funding in non-criminal…

Corbyn: ‘Legal aid is a basic human right’

Posted by Oliver Carter - 8th January 2016

[contextly_auto_sidebar] Pics by Miranda Grell and Mary-Rachel McCabe Jeremy Corbyn was the headline act at the packed Voices for Justice rally organised by the Justice Alliance this week in support…

Appeal judges back legal aid residence test

Posted by Oliver Carter - 1st December 2015

The Court of Appeal has unanimously ruled that the government’s proposed residence test for civil legal aid is lawful, overturning a judgment by the High Court last year which found…

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