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
Response to funding cuts consultation
Post date: 3rd of December 2011
Between July and August 2011 the Government carried out an extremely limited consultation on cutting the fees which are paid to Law Firms and Not for Profits for carrying out legal aid work. The consultation ended on 10th August 2011.
Read more...Response to domestic workers consultation
Post date: 3rd of December 2011Legal Aid Bill - report stage briefings
Post date: 3rd of December 2011YLAL has prepared a briefing for the Legal Aid Bill report stage debates due to take place in the House of Commons from the 31st October.
The briefing is available here.
Justice for All have also produced an excellent briefing in relation to legal aid for welfare benefits cases which can be found on their website:
Legal aid cuts will punish victims of trafficking and exploitation
Post date: 3rd of December 2011“Legal aid cuts will punish victims of trafficking and exploitation” ECPAT blog, 25th November 2011 by Birgitte Hagem and Laura Janes
Read more...Livid about legal aid
Post date: 3rd of December 2011“Livid about legal aid” The Site, 22nd November 2011 by Maia Cohen-Lask
Read more...Legal Aid - why we can't afford to see it cut
Post date: 3rd of December 2011“Legal Aid – Why we can’t afford to see it cut”, Student Activist Diary, 24th September 2011 by Tom Kemp
Read more...Legal aid cuts aren't just unfair...
Post date: 3rd of December 2011“Legal aid cuts aren’t just unfair. They will cost more than they save” False Economy blog, 10th October 2011 by Connor Johnston and Heather Thomas
Read more...Legal aid: the need to campaign
Post date: 3rd of December 2011“Legal aid: the need to campaign”
JLD update, 18th October 2011 by Camilla Graham Wood
Read more...Cutting legal aid: austerity measures without foundation
Post date: 3rd of December 2011“Cutting legal aid: austerity measures without foundation” New Economics Foundation blog, 27th October 2011 by Rachel Taylor and Katie Brown
Read more...Peers speak out against legal aid cuts
Post date: 3rd of December 2011“Peers speak out against legal aid cuts”, ToUChstone blog, 24th November 2011 by Gary Crothers and Carita Thomas
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