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Not the Global Law Summit
This year it is the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. The Government is organising an event to mark this occasion…
Labour plans for legal aid
On 30 January the Labour party announced three steps it would take on criminal legal aid if elected to govern this May….
YLAL writes for Solicitor’s Journal
YLAL now write a regular feature for Young Lawyer and Solicitor’s Journal updating on government reforms to legal aid, and developments in…
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…
Legal aid news – 12 Jan 2015
· A further challenge to the government’s criminal legal aid reforms has been brought by the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association (LCCSA)…
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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The Government has announced it will go ahead with cuts to criminal legal aid. We reported about this here. The Criminal…
NAO report on legal aid cuts
In November 2014, the National Audit Office (‘NAO’) published a report of their findings into the impact of the changes to legal…
Lords Amendments on JR Defeated
The Criminal Justice and Courts Bill is going through the final parliamentary stages before it becomes law. Part 4 of the…
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…