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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…
CJC bill back in the Lords
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill – Judicial Review – back to the House of Lords on 9 December 2014 On…
Legal aid news – 11 Nov 2014
Sir James Munby, the President of the Family Division, accused the government of creating an unthinkable, unconscionable and unjust situation whereby the…
Justice Select Committee
YLAL committee members Connor Johnston and Carita Thomas gave evidence to the Justice Select Committee as part of their review of the…
Legal aid news – 20 Oct 2014
The Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) annual conference was held on 10 October 2014. The conference theme was successful strategies for the…
Legal aid news – 28 Sept 2014
The judicial review challenge to the Lord Chancellor’s criminal legal aid consultation was successful, with judgment handed down by the Administrative Court…
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…
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…
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…
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’…