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April 3, 2012

YLAL “lawyer to watch”

Guardian Law has a series where readers can nominate lawyers to watch.  We are very pleased that YLAL founder Laura Janes has…

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April 2, 2012

False Economy blog on MP report

Nadia Salam and Katie Tiley have written for the False Economy blog about our MP report: http://falseeconomy.org.uk/blog/new-report-shows-mps-will-struggle-to-help-constituents-after-legal-aid-cha…

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March 29, 2012

Urgent: days to save legal aid

The legal aid bill has now left the Lords. It will be back in the House of Commons this coming Tuesday (17th April)….

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March 13, 2012

Impact of legal aid cuts on MPs

“Nowhere else to turn: The impact of legal aid cuts on MPs’ ability to help their constituents” A report setting out the…

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February 29, 2012

Last chance in the Lords…

On the 5th March 2012 the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill will reach its final stage in the House…

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January 28, 2012

Carers Watch blog post

Carita Thomas has written an update on the legal aid bill for the Carers Watch blog site http://carerwatch.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/legal-aid-bill-goes-into-the-lords-committee-stage-today-dec-20th-2011/…

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Quakers Asylum & Refugee Network article

Carita Thomas has written “Vulnerable Children will lose access to justice with cuts to legal aid” for the website of the Quakers…

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January 21, 2012

Minimum salary at risk

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has proposed scrapping the minimum salary for trainee solicitors. Young Legal Aid Lawyers is deeply concerned about…

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December 3, 2011

Unequal before the law? Independent report published

Unequal before the law publishes the findings of an independent Commission of Inquiry into legal aid, organised by the Young Legal Aid…

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Family Justice Review

The Family Justice Review is an independent review of the family justice system which was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice. The…

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