YLAL
Judicial Review – YLAL response
The government has issued a consultation paper proposing changes to judicial review procedure, responses to which must be submitted by 24 January…
LASPO regs (again)
The Government has laid new regulations under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012. The Regulations introduce the…
Parliament debates LASPO Regs
The Government has laid new regulations under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012, which will be debated…
YLAL response to LETR
This week YLAL has submitted a response to the Equality, Diversity and Social Mobility paper which forms a part of the Legal…
Legal aid levy a regressive tax
On 2 July the Ministry of Justice finished their consultation on the proposed Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme (SLAS). Details of the Government’s…
APPG meeting 11 July
There will be a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid in Parliament on Wednesday 11 July 2012 starting…
SRA decides on min salary
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has decided that it will not oblige firms and organisations to pay trainee solicitors anything more than…
End of specialist support?
YLAL has responded to the Legal Services Commission (LSC) consultation on the future of the Specialist Support Service. The LSC aims to…
Keep the minimum salary
YLAL has submitted its response to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) consultation on the proposal to scrap the minimum salary requirement for…
Why we must protect the shrinking legal aid safety net
Nadia Salam has written for The Social Issue blog on legal aid cuts and the telephone gateway in December 2011 http://thesocialissue.com/2011/12/why-we-must-protect-the-shrinking-legal-aid-safety-net/…