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January 14, 2012

Legal aid cuts a false economy

Kings College have published a report Unintended Consequences: the cost of the Government’s Legal Aid Reforms, analysing the knock-on costs to the forthcoming…

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January 10, 2012

Public Law Training

YLAL TRAINING LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS FOR 2012 JUDICIAL REVIEW LECTURES Wednesday 29th February 2012- 6.30pm – College of Law, 14 Store Street,…

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December 17, 2011

What shall we do without legal aid?

Please read this excellent speech by Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, Vice-President of the Law Society, recounting the historical origins of legal aid and warning…

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International Women’s Day – your help is needed!

The International Women’s Day summit will take place on 8 March 2012. In connection with the summit the Junior Lawyers Division of…

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November 27, 2011

LASPO Bill – Lords’ 2nd reading briefing 21 Nov

The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill is due to be debated by the House of Lords on Monday 21…

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November 13, 2011

Legal Aid Bill: Pair Up With a Peer

Campaign group Justice For All, with the assistance of YLAL, has set up a “pair up with a peer” scheme. The idea…

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October 21, 2011

Legal Aid Bill – Last chance for MPs

Justice for All have a quick and simple way for you to message your MP to encourage them to oppose the Legal…

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October 10, 2011

thejusticegap.com – new legal website launches

Journalist Jon Robins had launched an excellent new legal website aimed at non-lawyers. The site aims to shine "a light on those…

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October 8, 2011

YLAL introduction to legal aid, 12th October 2011 and CHANGE TO TIME OF MONTHLY MEETING

YLAL is putting on an informal "introduction to legal aid" at Doughty Street Chambers on 12th October 2011. The talk/training session is…

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More High Court Challenges to the legal aid cuts

This week a further two legal challenges have been made to the forthcoming cuts to legal aid. The first, relating to the…

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