Articles Archive
Below are all our previously published articles and news items - blog posts will be included here too.
There are also 2 wordpress blog sites which we previously used and for whom content is still available, although they are not currently being updated:
View from the Gravy Train
Thanks 2 Legal Aid
Demonstrate! Sunday 29 Sept
Post date: 17th of September 2013The Northern Save Justice Campaign is organising a march against legal aid cuts to feed into the big TUC march at the Conservative party conference in Manchester.
This is for civil and criminal lawyers, campaigners, clients, anyone who cares about access to justice and a fairer society!
The march will take place on Sunday 29 September, starting at 11.30 am at Crown Court square in Manchester and we will then join the main TUC march.
Speakers at the rally before the march include:
Kate Green MP
Jared Fickin - Garden Court North
Read more...Attack on judicial review
Post date: 8th of September 2013A new consultation on Judicial Review
Read more...Legal aid cuts decision
Post date: 5th of September 2013YLAL response to Government announcement on TLA proposals
On 5 September the Government published its response to the Transforming Legal Aid Consultation. The response can be accessed here. Save for a few small concessions the Government will be pressing ahead with its proposals in full.
Read more...Westminster debate - 4 Sept
Post date: 30th of August 2013There is a Parliamentary debate on the criminal legal aid reforms and price competitive tendering taking place at 0930 on 4 September 2013. We have prepared an updated briefing for this debate. Please do contact your MP, send them a copy of the briefing, and encourage them to attend.
The briefing can be downloaded here.
Read more...Post LASPO CPD training
Post date: 20th of August 2013The Legal Aid Practitioners Group are running an evening course on legal aid post-LASPO, this Thursday 22 August 2013. Details below. There is a concessionary rate for YLAL members of £20. To book click here (and select the LAPG member option).
Read more...Meet with your MP
Post date: 18th of August 2013YLAL is encouraging all members, as well as writing to their MPs, to go and meet with them personally in order to raise awareness in Parliament of the devastating impact of the proposed changes to legal aid contained in the Transforming Legal Aid consultation.
Read more...Leaflets about legal aid cuts
Post date: 2nd of August 2013YLAL has produced two leaflets to highlight the impact of new legal aid cuts proposed by the Government in the consultation paper, Transforming Legal Aid. More information and our views on the proposals can be accessed here.
The "leaflet for MPs" is to give to your MP at a surgery or email them when you are writing with your concerns about the proposals.
Read more...LASPO regs debate
Post date: 22nd of July 2013HoL debate - 11 July 2013
Post date: 9th of July 2013On Thursday 11 July 2013, 1100, the House of Lords will be debating the “Effect of cuts in legal aid funding on the justice system in England and Wales”. The debate has been instituted by Baroness Deech. More information is available on the Parliament website here.
Read more...Demonstrate! 30 July
Post date: 6th of July 2013The campaign against cuts to legal aid has made incredible progress. Now is the time for more pressure than ever before.
YLAL is supporting public events on 30 July, as part of a national day of action against the cuts. This will be the anniversary of the date when the law creating the modern legal aid system, the Legal Advice and Assistance Act 1949, gained Royal Assent.
Flyers for both events and more details are below.
Manchester
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