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APPG Legal Aid report: JR reform
APPG on Legal Aid meets to discuss the reforms to judicial review: An “ideological” attack on the rights of ordinary people by…
HoL debate 30 June 2014
On Monday 30 June 2014, after 1430, the second reading of the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill will take place in the…
JCHR JR report
On 30 April 2014 the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) – a cross-party parliamentary committee composed of MPs and peers –…
Lords debate JR reforms – 7 May
On Wednesday 7 May the House of Lords will debate a regret motion tabled by Lord Pannick QC “to move that this…
Justice Select Committee – LASPO
The Justice Select Committee (JSC) has set up an inquiry into the impact of the changes brought about by the Legal Aid,…
APPG – 8 April 2014
A breakfast meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid has been called for Tuesday 8 April 2014 at 8.30-10am…
CBA deal
On 27 March 2014, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA), Nigel Lithman QC, announced that all current action including the…
Legal aid for JR – take action
We are asking all members to contact their MPs in relation to the cuts to legal aid for judicial review contained in…
Further cuts to judicial review
On 5 February 2014 the Government announced that it would be going ahead with a series of changes to restrict access to…
Meet the Minister
On 15 January 2014 the All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid met to discuss the cuts to legal aid with Shailesh…