Tag: Legal aid

Cardiff University law student Sophia McKenna explores how we can develop effective solutions

'Significant and positive step forward', says president Lubna Shuja

Legal aid cuts to blame, research finds

Row over fees looks set to escalate

Fundamental change is required to avoid a 'complete collapse', warns solicitor advocate Ben Brown

Government chooses not follow 15% minimum rise recommendation

Disappointment, frustration and calls for collective unity

57% in favour

£54 million pay package follows 'constructive talks'

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

🎵 Save legal aid, magna carta was made to protect people like you 🎵

Years of underfunding has created a retention and recruitment crisis, writes aspiring barrister Edmund Mawoko

Garden Court North's Rosalind Burgin makes depressing pay comparison as full-blown strike action looms

Criminal barristers fail to see funny side of Twitter post

From 5 September

Move would be an escalation of alternating weeks of action adopted since late June

£19.5k BEFORE chambers rent, insurance and practising certificate

Barristers join picket lines across the country

Walkouts from next Monday

Low pay 👎 long hours 👎 poor work-life balance 👎

Move comes in response to 'unacceptably low' legal aid fees