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January 5, 2016

Legal Aid Mythbuster – updated

Legal Aid Mythbuster We have produced a new and updated Legal Aid Mythbuster to correct common misconceptions and ‘myths’ about legal aid…

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December 22, 2015

Law Care

Law Care is a registered charity who provide support for the legal profession to cope with the demands of a legal career….

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December 8, 2015

Response to BSB consultation

The Young Legal Aid Lawyers response to the Bar Standards Board Consultation on the Future of Training for the Bar: Academic, Vocational and…

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Gove scraps criminal courts charge

Michael Gove scraps criminal courts charge – update by YLAL member Katie Tiley The Justice Secretary Michael Gove announced last week that…

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November 29, 2015

Residence test appeal judgment

The Court of Appeal ruled this week that the proposed residence test for civil legal aid is not unlawful, overturning the a…

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October 7, 2015

APG Meeting 16.09.2015

All Party Group on Legal Aid – The Advice Sector                       16th September 2015…

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Response to MoJ fees consultation

YLAL Response to Ministry of Justice consultation on further court fees proposals On 15 September 2015, YLAL submitted its response to the…

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October 6, 2015

Amnesty research on legal aid cuts

Amnesty International International Secretariat research on the human rights impact of legal aid cuts in the UK  As part of this research,…

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September 22, 2015

BIHR human rights tour 2015

YLAL is taking part in the BIHR human rights tour which is 15 days of action to create debate about human rights….

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August 12, 2015

Talks in schools

Justice Alliance Subgroup: Fat Rat Film in schools Hopefully by now you will have seen the Fat Rat Film “Legal Aid Team”…

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