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Petition reaches 100,000!
The Government is woefully out of step with public opinion on the right to free legal advice say campaigners. An online petition…
Legal aid debate 27 June
The House of Commons will debate the Government’s recent proposals to “reform” legal aid on Thursday 27 June 2013 (see this page for…
Response to TLA
YLAL has sent in our response to the latest Government proposals to “reform” the legal aid system. The full response can be…
Latest cuts… take action
Publicise the cuts – disseminate our one-page briefing YLAL has produced a short explanatory note introducing the “Transforming Legal Aid” consultation and…
Legal aid cuts – town hall meeting 20 May
Important meeting on the latest round of legal aid cuts, organised by the London School of Economics with the support of Matrix Chambers….
Changes to judicial review
On 23 April 2013, the Government released its response to its December 2012 consultation paper “Judicial review: proposals for reform”. The original…
More legal aid cuts
On 9 April 2013 the Ministry of Justice issued a consultation paper entitled ‘Transforming Legal Aid’. The deadline to respond is 4…
Hike in BPTC fees
YLAL was extremeley disappointed to learn that a number of providers are increasing once more the fees which they charge for the…
APPG meeting – 20 March
The next meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid will be held next Wednesday (20 March 2013) in Committee…
Diversity access scheme
The Law Society’s diversity access scheme is now open for applications. The scheme “offers assistance with Legal Practice Course (LPC) fees to…