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Legal aid cuts – town hall meeting 20 May
Important meeting on the latest round of legal aid cuts, organised by the London School of Economics with the support of Matrix Chambers….
Changes to judicial review
On 23 April 2013, the Government released its response to its December 2012 consultation paper “Judicial review: proposals for reform”. The original…
More legal aid cuts
On 9 April 2013 the Ministry of Justice issued a consultation paper entitled ‘Transforming Legal Aid’. The deadline to respond is 4…
Hike in BPTC fees
YLAL was extremeley disappointed to learn that a number of providers are increasing once more the fees which they charge for the…
APPG meeting – 20 March
The next meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid will be held next Wednesday (20 March 2013) in Committee…
Diversity access scheme
The Law Society’s diversity access scheme is now open for applications. The scheme “offers assistance with Legal Practice Course (LPC) fees to…
Timetable for BVT
The Government has today announced its proposed timetable for the introduction of best value tendering in criminal legal aid. In a written…
March meeting – venue change
Please note, the next London YLAL meeting will take place at 1830 on 13 March 2013 at Garden Court Chambers and not…
Devolved powers for JR axed
The Ministry of Justice have announced that from 1 April 2013 devolved powers (which will become known as “delegated functions”) will no…
Next APPG – 13 Feb 2013
The next meeting of the All-Party Group on Legal Aid meeting will be held on Wednesday 13 February at 4pm – 5.30pm…