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UK breaches environmental access to justice duty

Posted by Elizabeth Davidson - 19th March 2014

Defra and the Ministry of Justice are considering their options following a landmark decision from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on environmental justice. The ECJ found the UK to…

Legal aid lawyers to boycott Grayling’s flagship Magna Carta conference

Posted by Elizabeth Davidson - 21st February 2014

Criminal barristers are to call on the Bar Council to boycott Justice Secretary Chris Grayling’s flagship Magna Carta conference in protest at the legal aid cuts. Meanwhile, the Criminal Bar…

Communication breakdown: what’s going on with the legal aid helpline?

Posted by Elizabeth Davidson - 21st January 2014

The Legal Action Group (LAG) has uncovered a surprising 52% shortfall in the take-up of legal aid cases from the civil legal aid helpline – the mandatory telephone gateway for…

More national protests to come

Posted by Elizabeth Davidson - 12th January 2014

Criminal lawyers who provided extra staff at court on 6 January to exploit the national protest and gain extra clients ‘should hang their heads in shame’, Bill Waddington, chair of…

James Parry: “The Law Society has got to listen”

Posted by Elizabeth Davidson - 8th January 2014

The Law Society needs to re-open the debate on the two-tier contract after losing a vote of no confidence in its leadership, James Parry, the solicitor-advocate who proposed the motion…

Bar keep steady line on VHCC protest

Posted by Elizabeth Davidson - 8th December 2013

Criminal counsel are keeping a steady line in their rejection of Very High Cost Cases (VHCCs) under the new rates, which came into effect on 2 December and represent a…

Communication breakdown

Posted by Elizabeth Davidson - 4th December 2013

Many people struggling with debt find the new mandatory telephone gateway “too complex” to use and are failing to access the help they need, according to Islington Law Centre debt…

The real cost of pay day loans

Posted by Elizabeth Davidson - 28th November 2013

Law Centre staff have hit out at payday loan companies, with debt spiralling out of control for many families. Elizabeth Davidson in a two-part article on debt looks at pay…

James Parry: ‘These cuts will lead to two-tier service’

Posted by Elizabeth Davidson - 14th November 2013

Criminal defence lawyers attending a meeting with the Lord Chancellor, Chris Grayling this week report he “showed no sign of movement” on proposals to slash fees. Meanwhile, with just days…

CLSA: Proposed fee cuts will create ‘advice deserts’

Posted by Elizabeth Davidson - 5th November 2013

Legal aid deserts could reduce access to justice and eat into ministerial savings if proposed 17.5% fee cuts go ahead, the Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association (CLSA) has warned. Last week,…

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