News

September 26, 2014

LAPG Conference – 10.10.2014

The Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) Annual Conference is only a few weeks away – this year it will be held on Friday…

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September 24, 2014

Next APG meeting – 16.10.2014

The All Party Group (APG) on legal aid is delighted to announce its next breakfast meeting on access to justice for children and…

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September 21, 2014

Criminal legal aid JR successful

A judicial review challenge to the lawfulness of the government consultation on reforms to criminal legal aid was successful this week, as…

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September 20, 2014

DV gateway JR granted permission

On Friday permission was granted for a judicial review of regulations made under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act setting out ‘gateway’…

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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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September 10, 2014

Legal aid news – 10 Sept 2014

The judicial review of the government’s decision to impose a 17.5% reduction on criminal legal aid and reduce the number of duty…

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September 8, 2014

APPG report

All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid: Where to turn now for legal advice? Assisting constituents after the cuts to legal aid…

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August 27, 2014

Next APPG on 3 Sept

The next meeting of the All Party Group on Legal Aid will be on Wednesday 3 September 2014 at 8.30–10 am in the Jubilee…

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August 23, 2014

SRA equivalent means

In tandem with the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) (more information about this, including our response, can be found here), which…

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