“An alliance of groups opposed to the government’s family legal aid cuts has published a Manifesto for Family Justice, urging MPs to reconsider the proposals.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th October 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The duty to provide library services for children was one of the key arguments advanced by campaigners in Brent challenging the council’s decision to close 6 of its 12 libraries. Reliance was placed upon section 7 of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964. This requires local authorities to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th October 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A judge has ordered an urgent hearing of an appeal against a landmark decision giving the go-ahead for the closure of six libraries.”
The Independent, 19th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will add £10m to the UK’s publicly funded mediation budget next year as part of an effort to promote the use of mediation over litigation.”
Legal Week, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“More than 200,000 children and young adults will be hit by heavy cuts to the legal aid budget, according to research. The Government plans to reduce spending on legal aid by £350m by removing it from most cases of family breakdown, medical negligence, immigration, debt and welfare benefit. Research by campaign group Sound Off for Justice suggests that 6,000 under-18-year-olds and 69,000 adults aged 18 to 24 will lose access to legal aid.”
The Independent, 19th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The government has cut the budget available to help victims of crime get compensation for their injuries. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme will have £10m less this year, a cut of about 5%.”
BBC News, 16th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lord Justice Jackson spoke in strong terms last week to the Cambridge Law Faculty on the controversial topic of legal aid and legal costs reforms.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th September 2011
Source: www.http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The attorney general has put himself at odds with the justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, by suggesting that increasing the sentencing powers of magistrates would make courts more efficient.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Cuts on this scale demand co-ordinated response in law education, guidance and resources, or the system won’t work.”
The Guardian, 5th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 22-stone, ‘morbidly obese’ ex-policeman has lost his latest attempt to force the NHS to pay for stomach surgery, despite his lawyers saying he might have less than a year to live.”
The Guardian, 27th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers have welcomed the justice minister’s concession to put some immigration domestic violence cases back within the scope of legal aid.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Campaigners against library cuts have had their High Court challenge blocked. A judge ruled they had delayed too long in seeking judicial review of Isle of Wight proposals to stop funding five libraries on the island.”
The Independent, 26th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two disabled women are mounting a legal challenge over Lancashire County Council’s decision to cut care services.”
BBC News, 20th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Innocent people will be forced to pay thousands of pounds for their own defence lawyers after a controversial coalition U-turn on legal aid.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tens of thousands of people pursuing asylum and immigration cases have been left without support after the Immigration Advisory Service, a charity, went into unannounced administration, blaming government changes to legal aid.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A leading solicitor says cuts to the legal aid budget being debated in Parliament could ‘clog up’ the court system in Wales.”
BBC News, 4th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Squatters will no longer get legal aid to fight home owners trying to evict them from their properties, under proposals set out in the Sentencing, Legal Aid and Punishment of Offenders Bill which has it’s second reading in the House of Commons today.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th June 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The government’s plans to cut legal aid in England and Wales return to Parliament later as opposition mounts from lawyers and campaigners.”
BBC News, 29th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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