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May 9, 2016

Legal aid news – April 2016

Residence test: on 18 April, the Supreme Court heard the appeal by the Public Law Project in the residence test case. The…

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March 31, 2016

Legal aid news – March 2016

LASPO review: YLAL co-chairs Rachel and Ollie signed this letter to The Guardian calling on the government to review the Legal Aid,…

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February 29, 2016

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…

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February 1, 2016

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….

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January 8, 2016

Criminal Legal Aid – Update

Criminal Legal Aid Contracts – An Update – January 2016 In October 2015, the Legal Aid Agency considered all the tenders that…

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January 5, 2016

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…

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December 22, 2015

Law Care

Law Care is a registered charity who provide support for the legal profession to cope with the demands of a legal career….

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December 8, 2015

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…

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