Tag: Legal aid
Bar suspends legal aid protest escalation following £15 million government offer
Barristers will continue to refuse new publicly-funded cases
Ministry of Justice accused of lying over ‘explosive’ criminal courts report
As MPs vote against reversing legal aid changes
Legal aid row: ‘Go back to the drawing board’, Labour tells government ahead of today’s Commons debate
Over 100 chambers now refusing to take on new legal aid cases
Legal aid row: ‘Sit down and talk with us’, top QCs tell government
Nearly 100 chambers are now refusing to take new publicly-funded cases
‘The system is desperate, as are we’: Criminal barristers to REFUSE new work in protest to legal aid cuts
Decision taken with ‘heavy hearts’
Lawyers lambast country’s housing law ‘mess’, as death toll from Grenfell fire confirmed at 71
New legislation is needed, Bristol and Kent academics conclude
The junior bar is shrinking amid legal aid cuts, and pro bono isn’t the answer
Free advice ‘will never be enough’, ex-judge says as National Pro Bono Week begins
Justice Secretary reveals legal aid review is on its way — just one day after government confirms further cuts
As Secret Barrister condemns plans in devastating tweets
Young Legal Aid Lawyers: We cannot argue working in legal aid isn’t difficult, but don’t quit
Group issues rallying cry to students, in a response to an article by Legal Cheek’s Katie King
Law students are virtually barred from pursuing a career in legal aid anymore, unless they’re rich
74% say they’ve been put off the sector, I was one of them
Commissioner ‘confident’ Labour-backed legal aid report, launched 100 days after Grenfell fire, will make it to the statute books
£400 million plan could revolutionise justice system
‘Don’t give up on a career in legal aid’ lawyers urge students, as government reveals firms doing publicly funded work has fallen by 20%
Cautious optimism the tide will turn
You can now do a training contract funded by Children in Need
Social welfare solicitor scheme offers more places than ever
London law firm denies knowledge of advert for trainee solicitor job that pays just £10k
You'd earn double that in Aldi, and five times at other outfits
‘It should shame us all’: Why Charlie Gard’s parents were not entitled to legal aid
Government’s destruction of public funding budget takes spotlight
Asylum seeker turned solicitor who only qualified in 2016 wins immigration lawyer of the year
Baroness Doreen Lawrence handed out gongs at yesterday’s legal aid awards
‘They tried to get lawyers’: Devastating cuts to legal aid prevented Grenfell Tower residents accessing advice over safety concerns
Legal profession offers pro bono support to blaze victims
‘Ambulance chasing’ lawyer Phil Shiner declared bankrupt, weeks after he sold house to Middlesex University law lecturer daughter
Bethany Shiner and sister Leisha both used to work for their dad’s now defunct law firm