Legal Aid News: August 2020
Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from August 2020.
YLAL News
YLAL Statement on the Lord Chancellor's Announcement regarding the Criminal Legal Aid Review
On 21 August 2020, the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC, wrote to YLAL in response to our submission to the consultation on the accelerated areas of the Criminal Legal Aid Review.
YLAL's full submission to the consultation can be found here.
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Regulations that threaten access to justice to be revoked
We are thrilled to report that the government has conceded that the new “fixed fees” for asylum and immigration legal aid work are unlawful. It will revoke the fixed fees regulations and put transitional measures in place to pay practitioners for the time they actually spend on cases while a proper consultation is undertaken.
This is a hugely important win for access to justice and follows a series of important legal challenges.
Legal Aid News: July 2020
Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from July 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic; a scapegoat for the imminent collapse of the CJS
This piece was written by YLAL member Pietra Asprou, who has recently completed the BPTC and is a paralegal at LexisNexis UK.
Young Lawyers Making Change Festival 2020
YLAL was pleased to bring you, along with our partners Public Law Project and Justice First Fellows, our Young Lawyers Making Change Festival 2020.
We had a jam-packed two-week schedule of panels and talks, online from August 10th-21st.
Statement on the treatment of BPTC students due to sit BSB exams in August 2020
Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) is committed to promoting the interests of new entrants to the legal profession and to increasing social mobility and diversity within the legal aid sector.
YLAL is deeply concerned about the experiences of some Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) students who are due to sit the centralised Bar Standards Board (BSB) exams in August 2020.
On 13 May 2020, the BSB announced that those requiring reasonable adjustments would be able to access Pearson VUE test centres to sit the three centralised BSB exams.
Karl Turner MP's report on Coronavirus and the Criminal Justice System
YLAL welcomes the Shadow Minister for Legal Aid Karl Turner MP’s recent report Coronavirus and the Criminal Justice System – Saving Access to Justice. The report can be read here.
Legal aid news: June 2020
Welcome to our update of the legal aid and access to justice news from June 2020.