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Ministry of Justice signs historic online betting deal (April Fool!)

Package includes court naming rights and judges’ robe sponsorship

Apr 1 2019 7:45am
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‘Victims of the justice system’ left to rely on free help from lawyers let down by courts, judiciary and legal aid, blasts former top family judge

Sir James Munby pulls no punches

Mar 22 2019 4:26pm
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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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