‘Wicked’ is the word that Lord Bach returns to in relation to the legal aid Bill. Taking social welfare law out was ‘a wicked thing to have done’, says the peer who has led the opposition attack on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill in the House of Lords. ‘It is an attack
Today sees the launch of LegalVoice, a new online magazine for all professionals committed to access to justice – the day after the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012 received Royal Assent. See below. LegalVoice is an online magazine about ‘access to justice’. It is aimed at legal aid law firms,
Ministers backed down on controversial plans to make it harder for victims of domestic violence to claim legal aid; but otherwise refused to bow to all but three of the 11 amendments. On Tuesday night MPs debated the amendments made to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill during its passage through the
