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
YLAL Response to LASPO Review
Post date: 30th of September 2018YLAL has submitted its response to the Ministry of Justice Post-Implementation Review of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
YLAL's submission concludes by setting out our analysis of the impact of LASPO in comparison to the stated aims of the legislation, within which our key proposals for reform are summarised.
Discouraging unnecessary and adversarial litigation at public expense
Read more...YLAL Response: Legal Aid for Inquests
Post date: 7th of September 2018Many of YLAL's members work closely with organisations such as INQUEST, the charity that supports bereaved families. YLAL supports the following recommendations by INQUEST in relation to legal aid for inquests:
a. Automatic non-means tested funding should be provided to families for specialist legal representation immediately following a state-related death.
b. Legal aid should also include financial support for families, with reference to: travel and subsistence, overnight accommodation, and loss of earnings.
Read more...YLAL Response to LASPO Part 2 consultation
Post date: 7th of September 2018Legal aid news: June and July 2018
Post date: 31st of August 2018Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from June and July 2018.
Housing Possession Court Duty (HPCD) scheme judicial review: On 23 June, the High Court handed down the judgment in Law Centres Network v The Lord Chancellor, a challenge to the new scheme which dictates how legal aid providers tender for a housing duty scheme contract. The full judgment can be found here.
Read more...Legal aid news - May 2018
Post date: 27th of June 2018Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from May 2018.
Criminal legal aid: The criminal bar’s action in response to changes to the way in which criminal legal aid work by advocates is remunerated under the reformed Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS), which came into force on 1 April, dominated the legal aid news in May.
Read more...YLAL Midlands event: Women in Law
Post date: 18th of June 2018You can find our live tweeting of the Women in Law event here.
This event was hosted by KCH Garden Square Chambers in Nottingham on Wednesday 13 June. It focussed on the progression of women at the Bar, in the solicitors' profession and in the judiciary.
We were joined by:
Read more...Statement on CBA ballot
Post date: 14th of June 2018On 12 June 2018, the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) announced the result of the ballot of its members on whether to accept the government's offer of additional investment in the Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS) and bring an end to the action which began on 1 April 2018 when the reformed scheme came into operation. 51.55% voted to accept the government's offer.
Read more...Legal aid news - April 2018
Post date: 3rd of June 2018Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from April 2018.
The Fight for Social Justice
Post date: 17th of May 2018
YLAL recently organised, along with the Public Law Project and Justice First Fellows, its first conference on social justice and social welfare law.
We hope that this will become an annual event, and will email our members with details of future plans.
You can find the speeches and presentations of many of our speakers below.
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