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DV gateway JR granted permission
On Friday permission was granted for a judicial review of regulations made under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act setting out ‘gateway’…
Legal aid news – 10 Sept 2014
The judicial review of the government’s decision to impose a 17.5% reduction on criminal legal aid and reduce the number of duty…
APPG report
All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid: Where to turn now for legal advice? Assisting constituents after the cuts to legal aid…
Next APPG on 3 Sept
The next meeting of the All Party Group on Legal Aid will be on Wednesday 3 September 2014 at 8.30–10 am in the Jubilee…
SRA equivalent means
In tandem with the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) (more information about this, including our response, can be found here), which…
Legal aid news update – 18 August 2014
Sir James Munby, the President of the Family Division, has ruled that in private law cases the court may step in to…
Legal aid news update – 30 July 2014
30 July marked the 65th anniversary of legal aid, as the Legal Advice and Assistance Act 1949 was enacted on 30 July…
Residence test – unlawful
The Administrative Court has declared that the proposed residence test for civil legal aid is discriminatory and unlawful, following a successful judicial…
House of Lords debates Bill
The Criminal Justice and Courts Bill: House of Lords Second Reading, 30 June 2014 YLAL member, Miranda Mourby, reports on the debate…
Challenge to exceptional funding
On 13 June 2014, judgment was handed down in the case of Gudanaviciene and others v Director of Legal Aid Casework [2014]…