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January 13, 2015

How competent are you?

New entrants to the law might soon be measured in a different way to see if they are up to the job…

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January 11, 2015

APG on legal aid: crime

The first meeting of the All Party Group on Legal Aid for 2015 will take place on Tuesday 13 January. More details…

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December 31, 2014

Take action: survey, fundraise

  The Government has announced it will go ahead with cuts to criminal legal aid. We reported about this here. The Criminal…

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November 28, 2014

Criminal cuts go ahead

Government response to duty contract consultation The Government has announced its intention to press ahead with plans to dramatically reduce the number of…

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September 29, 2014

Crime legal aid cuts: your view

What is this all about? The Government has announced a new consultation on cuts to criminal legal aid, specifically its plans to…

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September 14, 2014

CILEx enquiry

“The future of the legal workforce-can paralegals meet market needs?”…

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September 13, 2014

Manchester meeting on 23.09

Justice Alliance North and Access to Advice are organising a public meeting about the future of free, publicly funded advice during the…

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July 20, 2014

Legal Aid Update: Training notes

On 11 June we ran a seminar to update members on some of the key changes brought about under the Legal Aid, Sentencing…

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July 3, 2014

Residence test vote for MPs

A vote is scheduled on Wednesday 9 July between 11am and 2 pm in the House of Commons on the Government’s proposed regulations to introduce…

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June 13, 2014

Commons debate on JR 17 June

On 17 June 2014 the House of Commons will debate parts of the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill that relate to judicial…

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