Tag: Legal aid
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Young lawyers urge MPs to visit ‘legal aid frontline’
Two MPs have already planned visits
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High Court: Law Society secures win in legal aid row with government
Chancery Lane took action over failure to implement recommended fee rises
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Access to justice: how can we do more?
Cardiff University law student Sophia McKenna explores how we can develop effective solutions
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Legal aid: Law Society wins permission to challenge government in High Court
'Significant and positive step forward', says president Lubna Shuja
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Nearly two-thirds of lawyers believe access to justice has worsened over the last decade
Legal aid cuts to blame, research finds
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Legal aid: Law Society seeks permission to challenge government in High Court
Row over fees looks set to escalate
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‘Our criminal justice system is quite literally being held together by duct tape — action is needed now’
Fundamental change is required to avoid a 'complete collapse', warns solicitor advocate Ben Brown
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Law Society warns aspiring criminal solicitors they’re ‘highly unlikely’ to earn ‘reasonable’ income following ‘real-terms cut’ on legal aid fees
Government chooses not follow 15% minimum rise recommendation
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‘The day the bar died’: Criminal barristers react to legal aid deal
Disappointment, frustration and calls for collective unity
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Striking criminal barristers to vote on government legal aid offer
£54 million pay package follows 'constructive talks'
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Criminal justice: A system on its knees
With wigs and gowns on picket lines outside Crown courts around England and Wales, Liverpool Uni law student Jakob Fletcher-Stega makes the argument for increased legal aid fees and asserts the necessity of the ongoing strike
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Barrister performs guitar solo to raise awareness for criminal bar strikes
🎵 Save legal aid, magna carta was made to protect people like you 🎵
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Deterred from justice: The criminal bar’s darkest hour
Years of underfunding has created a retention and recruitment crisis, writes aspiring barrister Edmund Mawoko
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I earned £7k more as a barista, says criminal barrister
Garden Court North's Rosalind Burgin makes depressing pay comparison as full-blown strike action looms
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Have I Got News For You slammed for ‘insulting’ strike gag
Criminal barristers fail to see funny side of Twitter post
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Criminal barristers to vote on ‘uninterrupted strike action’
Move would be an escalation of alternating weeks of action adopted since late June
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Anonymous criminal barrister posts breakdown of entire year’s earnings on Twitter — less than £20,000
£19.5k BEFORE chambers rent, insurance and practising certificate
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Criminal bar strike in pics 📸
Barristers join picket lines across the country
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Criminal barristers to strike as row over legal aid escalates
Walkouts from next Monday