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SRA consultation response
YLAL has today (4 March 2016) responded to the consultation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on a proposed Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE),…
Legal aid news – February 2016
Domestic violence evidence criteria: the Court of Appeal ruled that the regulation setting out the evidence criteria for victims of domestic violence…
Legal aid news – January 2016
January 2016 was a busy month in the legal aid world – here is our round-up of the latest legal aid news….
Legal Aid Mythbuster – updated
Legal Aid Mythbuster We have produced a new and updated Legal Aid Mythbuster to correct common misconceptions and ‘myths’ about legal aid…
Response to BSB consultation
The Young Legal Aid Lawyers response to the Bar Standards Board Consultation on the Future of Training for the Bar: Academic, Vocational and…
Gove scraps criminal courts charge
Michael Gove scraps criminal courts charge – update by YLAL member Katie Tiley The Justice Secretary Michael Gove announced last week that…
Residence test appeal judgment
The Court of Appeal ruled this week that the proposed residence test for civil legal aid is not unlawful, overturning the a…
Introduction to Legal Aid
On Wednesday 11 November 2015, we hosted a special ‘Introduction to Legal Aid’ event at Garden Court Chambers in London. We were…
Labour Legal Aid Review – report
Shortly after he was elected as leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn asked Lord Bach to carry out a comprehensive review…
APPG Meeting Minutes 22.10.2015
All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid – 22 October 2015 On 22 October 2015 there was a meeting of the All…