Exeter lawyer’s anti-legal aid tendering petition signed by 24,000 – BBC News
“A petition against proposed changes to criminal legal aid set up by an Exeter-based solicitor has attracted more than 24,000 signatures.” Full story BBC News, 30th April 2013 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
View ArticleSociety urges super-regulator to delay advocacy scheme – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Law Society’s chief executive has urged super-regulator the Legal Services Board to delay implementation of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA), in recognition of the ‘profound...
View ArticleEddie Stobart drives into legal aid row – The Guardian
“A subsidiary of the haulage firm Eddie Stobart has emerged as a leading contender in bidding for a new generation of criminal legal aid contracts that would deprive defendants of the right to choose...
View ArticleLegal aid tendering: will it actually work? – The Guardian
“The MoJ’s public consultations on legal aid reforms show they are open-minded, but if the aim remains to reduce spending, what about the cost to justice?” Full story The Guardian, 8th May 2013 Source:...
View ArticleBar Council Publishes Legal Aid Consultation Core Case – Family Law Bar...
“The Bar Council has published a document summarising it’s core case in respect of the current consultation in respect of legal aid. Read that document here. The proposals include the introduction of...
View ArticleUndermine Legal Aid and you put our entire justice system at risk – The...
“Now top legal talent will find the prospect of working in criminal courts less attractive.” Full story The Independent, 14th May 2013 Source: www.independent.co.uk
View ArticleLegal profession joins forces to oppose unreasonable legal aid proposals –...
“Representatives of the Law Society and the Bar Council have joined forces with wider practitioner bodies to oppose the Ministry of Justice Consultation on proposed savage cuts to the funding of the...
View Article‘We’re at the cliff edge now’ – LegalVoice
“‘Unity is our secret weapon’ was the key message that emerged from this week’s unprecedented meeting of 1,000 defence lawyers who voted unanimously backing a motion that price competitive tendering...
View ArticleMiddle-class families face ruin under legal aid reforms, top lawyer warns –...
“Middle class families face bankruptcy and miscarriages of justice under reforms which threaten to undermine the Britain’s legal system, one of the country’s most senior lawyers has warned.” Full story...
View ArticleBSB wades into legal aid row – Legal Futures
“The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has waded into the controversy over government plans to introduce price competitive tendering (PCT) in criminal work by warning that it risks causing irreparable harm to...
View ArticleBarristers attack legal aid plans from government – BBC News
“Barristers have attacked plans to cut £220m from the annual criminal case legal aid budget in England and Wales.” Full story BBC News, 4th June 2013 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
View ArticleBar Council responds to legal aid consultation – The Bar Council
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has today published its full response to the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) controversial consultation paper, Transforming Legal Aid....
View ArticlePCT: incredible alternatives – LegalVoice
“Otterburn Consulting recently completed a survey to inform the Law Society’s response to the government’s consultation ‘Transforming legal aid: delivering a more credible and efficient system on price...
View ArticleConor Gearty: Legal Aid Changes – UK Constitutional Law Group
“The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 has already brought to an end the availability of legal aid across a whole range of areas of law that have direct relevance to the poor....
View ArticleSix reasons the cuts to legal aid will ruin our justice system – The Independent
“Even the government’s own lawyers are horrified by these reforms.” Full story The Independent, 7th June 2013 Source: www.independent.co.uk
View ArticleLegal aid cuts will drive out the best lawyers, supreme court president warns...
“Reforms may not produce significant savings as it would result in more unrepresented litigants and longer hearings, says Lord Neuberger.” Full story The Guardian, 18th June 2013 Source:...
View ArticleLegal Aid Question Time – The Bar Council
Video The Bar Council, 25th June 2013 Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
View ArticleJustice Secretary Chris Grayling in U-turn: Defendants on legal aid will...
“Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary, made a surprise U-turn on Monday night over his controversial plan to deny defendants on legal aid the right to choose their solicitor.” Full story The...
View ArticleCuts Will “Destroy” Legal Aid System – Criminal Law and Justice Weekly
“Jon Robins surveys the responses to the Government’s legal aid consultation paper.” Full story Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 29th June 2013 Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
View ArticleJustice Secretary updates on competitive tendering for criminal legal aid –...
“Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has written to the Chair of the Justice Select Committee on competitive tendering for criminal legal aid.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 1st July 2013 Source:...
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