Tag: Legal aid
Court user lashes out at ban on legal aid debates in robing rooms
Officials have confirmed that mentioning the word “strike” while on court premises is a naughty step offence
Bar chief bellows a resounding ‘no’ to legal aid strike call
Tony Cross QC triggers outrage as he calls for more time to negotiate with ministers
Leaked memo from strikebreaker law firm says it’s too late to stop the cuts
Document underlines difficulty profession faces in presenting united front
Legal aid strike fractures amid scab claims
Only a few hours in and solicitors were already at each other throats -- and the bar continues to shilly-shally
The Lawyers’ Revolt is spreading
Solicitors and barristers in London, Leeds and Manchester latest to join insurgency
Liverpool lawyers defy bar chiefs to launch criminal courts strike
Local barristers are refusing to take new instructions from beginning of July in fight against legal aid cuts
Amal Clooney’s chambers-mate reported to be working on fees of £1.50 an hour
Doughty Street Chambers and Bindmans Solicitors highlight demise of legal aid -- while actor’s wife jets between New York and London
Twitter dismay over new justice committee chair’s defence of legal aid cuts
Former barrister Bob Neill unveiled as parliamentary justice committee chairman
Top silk leads call for renegade criminal bar strike over legal aid cuts
Michael Mansfield QC lashes out at Criminal Bar Association decision to drop direct action plans
Yesterday the government made it pointless to qualify into a legal aid law firm
Ministry of Justice announced a second round of cuts to crime specialist law firms, taking total to more than 17% in last year
Tory win sounds death knell for criminal bar, predicts top QC
Return of an even more powerful and unfettered Chris Grayling to the woolsack does not bode well for wannabe legal aid lawyers
Young London lawyer scoops prize — then lambasts ministers over legal aid cuts
Winning the Legal Aid Practitioners Group newcomer award, Birnberg Peirce solicitor describes state of system as a “disaster”.
Daily Mail readers’ hatred of criminal barristers — explored
A journey below the line of the recent Daily Mail article about a possible strike...
Lawyers who submitted responses to legal aid consultation receive email telling them it was ‘deleted without being read’
Ever since it was confirmed that the Ministry of Justice had had 13,000 responses to...
9 reasons why Harry Mount’s hatchet job on the legal profession misses the mark
Today’s piece by ex-pupil barrister Harry Mount arguing in favour of the government’s legal aid...
Lawyers prove they can pull off a demo – as Britain discusses #PublicW*nkingOnYoutube
They got all dressed up, posed for clever pictures and were joined in such numbers...
Will lawyers fall for the government’s ‘wholesale privatisation of justice’ PR trick?
During the consultation over the scrapping of the trainee solicitor minimum salary last year, the...
In pictures: today’s legal aid protest
This morning’s demonstration against the government’s legal aid proposals saw 500 plus lawyers take to...
TV Edwards lets paralegals go weeks after shelling out for their police station accreditation training
Exclusive: In the latest sign of how hard law firms are being hit by government...
How Supreme Court Justices Can Save Legal Aid
In these tough economic times, it would be a shame for those costumes to go...
Jags And Unpaid Interns: The Two Faces Of Fly-On-The-Wall Documentary Law Firm Tuckers
‘The Briefs’, the two-part ITV criminal law firm documentary which concluded last night, sparked rage...