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Former Lord Chancellor admits that Labour got it wrong on legal aid

Falconer ‘fesses up to ‘opening the door’ to Tory cuts while in government

Jan 4 2019 11:00am
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Nevermind lawtech, courts often don’t even have working photocopiers: Bar Council fights back against legal aid cuts

While Lord Neuberger warns UK legal system ‘is in danger of falling over’

Nov 5 2018 9:35am
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Government sued for denying legal aid to homeless

Human rights lawyers say there should be public funding to challenge rough sleeping crackdowns

Oct 23 2018 11:42am
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Labour conference round-up: Party says it will open law centres and raises concerns over digitisation of justice

Legal aid is a ‘pillar of the welfare state’, says shadow justice minister

Sep 26 2018 4:32pm
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Criminal barristers ACCEPT government’s £15 million legal aid offer

52% 👍 48% 👎

Jun 12 2018 10:42am
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Bar suspends legal aid protest escalation following £15 million government offer

Barristers will continue to refuse new publicly-funded cases

May 25 2018 1:08pm
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Ministry of Justice accused of lying over ‘explosive’ criminal courts report

As MPs vote against reversing legal aid changes

May 9 2018 3:46pm
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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

May 8 2018 11:03am
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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

Apr 24 2018 9:01am
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‘The system is desperate, as are we’: Criminal barristers to REFUSE new work in protest to legal aid cuts

Decision taken with ‘heavy hearts’

Mar 29 2018 1:37pm
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‘The financial anxiety was overwhelming’: Rocketing law school debts and poor salaries make legal aid work unsustainable for junior lawyers

New damning research

Mar 15 2018 9:09am
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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

Nov 16 2017 3:14pm
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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

Nov 6 2017 11:31am
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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

Oct 25 2017 11:25am
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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

Oct 3 2017 3:01pm
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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

Sep 27 2017 9:05am
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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

Sep 22 2017 3:20pm
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‘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

Sep 19 2017 1:56pm
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You can now do a training contract funded by Children in Need

Social welfare solicitor scheme offers more places than ever

Aug 14 2017 10:37am
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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

Aug 11 2017 3:18pm
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‘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

Jul 25 2017 11:50am
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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

Jul 6 2017 2:17pm
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‘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

Jun 15 2017 12:08pm
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Tory manifesto: Legal aid doesn’t get a look-in… apart from pledge to ‘restrict’ it in cases against the armed forces

A pop at Leigh Day?

May 18 2017 2:38pm
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