Welcome 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.
Welcome 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.
On 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.
Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from April 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.
Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from March 2018.
YLAL Social Mobility Report: On 13 March, we launched our new social mobility report – “Social Mobility in a Time of Austerity”. The report was launched online and at 6 events throughout the country in Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Sheffield.
The report identifies three key issues with social mobility in the legal aid sector:
YLAL statement on direct action in protest against changes to the Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS)
Young Legal Aid Lawyers today (29 March 2018) issues the attached statement, in solidarity with colleagues who have made the difficult decison to take direct action in response to changes to the way in which criminal legal aid work by advocates is remunerated under the Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS).
Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from February 2018.
Legal aid for prisoners: On 21 February, legal aid was reinstated for 3 key areas of prison law: pre-tariff reviews, Category A reviews and challenges to decisions regarding placements in a close supervision centres.
2017 was another busy year in politics, law and current affairs. We have rounded up all of the most important stories from our regular legal aid news updates throughout 2017.
January
In March 2018, YLAL launched its third report on social mobility in the legal aid sector, ‘Young Legal Aid Lawyers: Social Mobility in a Time of Austerity’.
