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COVID Safety In Magistrates’ Courts
It has been reported that defence practitioners today staged a walk out of Bristol Magistrates’ Court over unsafe working conditions, including a…
Does Judicial Diversity Matter?
We are grateful to Amany for this piece, who is a YLAL member and currently undertaking work experience to save up for…
Legal Aid and access to justice post COVID-19
This piece was written by YLAL members Chloe Darcy and Ella Cornwall. How does Legal Aid need to be reformed in order…
Extended operating hours in civil, family and criminal courts: what’s the problem?
This piece was written by YLAL member Maariyaah Zamir, a recent LLB graduate. The subject of flexible and extended working hours across…
Legal Aid News: August 2020
Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from August 2020. HoC Justice Committee Report: Published…
YLAL Statement on the Lord Chancellor’s Announcement regarding the Criminal Legal Aid Review
On 21 August 2020, the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC, wrote to YLAL in response to our submission to the consultation on…
Join the YLAL committee: applications now open!
Are you looking for a new challenge? YLAL has opportunities for dedicated members to join our national committee and contribute to helping…
Regulations that threaten access to justice to be revoked
We are thrilled to report that the government has conceded that the new “fixed fees” for asylum and immigration legal aid work…
Legal Aid News: July 2020
Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from July 2020. YLAL among the practitioner…
The COVID-19 pandemic; a scapegoat for the imminent collapse of the CJS
This piece was written by YLAL member Pietra Asprou, who has recently completed the BPTC and is a paralegal at LexisNexis UK. …