Society defends solicitors over legal aid – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Law Society president has reacted to negative news coverage concerning the growth in the number of solicitors.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th April 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Category: legal aid
Legal aid cuts: penny-wise and pound-foolish – The Guardian
“Cutting funds for the poor and vulnerable to defend their rights will simply push the costs on to other government departments.”
The Guardian, 1st April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MPs warn against legal aid reforms in divorce cases – The Guardian
“Making eligibility for legal aid in divorce and custody cases dependent on accusations of domestic violence will create a ‘perverse incentive’ that encourages false allegations, according to a group of MPs.”
The Guardian, 30th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal aid change may hit the vulnerable hardest say MPs – BBC News
“MPs say vulnerable groups may be disproportionately affected by a shake-up of civil legal aid in England and Wales and want it to be ‘refined’.”
BBC News, 30th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Legal aid cuts: misleading statistics from the MoJ – The Guardian
“LAG believes that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has been guilty of playing rather fast and loose in its interpretation of the figures on the impact of the proposed civil legal aid cuts.”
The Guardian, 18th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pressure prompts review of ‘domestic violence’ legal aid definition – Law Society’s Gazette
“The government has delayed its plans to respond to the legal aid and civil costs consultations until after Easter, and will ‘review’ the definition of domestic violence, the legal aid minister said last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st March 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Family lawyers face up to challenges ahead – Law Society’s Gazette
“Family law is facing an unprecedented year of change, with practitioners under intense pressure to be innovative if they want to maintain the viability of their practices. Some family law departments are already downsizing, or are being closed, as experienced practitioners move firms or set up their own niche practices. However, others are embracing change and are among their firms’ top teams in terms of fee income and profitability.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th March 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Civil legal aid cuts will increase tribunal workload – Law Society’s Gazette
“Cuts to civil legal aid will leave people unable to pursue their rights and increase the workload of the tribunal system, the senior president of tribunals has warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th March 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Legal Profession Lawcast (2): Neil Rose on ABS – Jackson – Funding – Regulation and the state of the profession today – Charon QC
“Today I am talking to Neil Rose of Legal Futures about the changing legal landscape in 2011. Legal Futures is the brainchild of Neil Rose, who has been writing about the Legal Services Act since its genesis in the OFT report of 2001. Neil is a highly experienced legal journalist, having spent 12 years working on the Law Society’s Gazette, latterly as Deputy Editor and including a lengthy spell as Acting Editor in 2007. A qualified solicitor, he went freelance in January 2008.”
Charon QC, 7th March 2011
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
Injured by the NHS? Prepare for further pain – The Guardian
“Justice ministry hopes to remove clinical negligence from legal aid and make claimants pay fees and premiums out of damages.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
War of the words: how the government controls the debate with its lexicon – Law Society’s Gazette
“Ministers in the coalition government don’t talk about ‘fat cat lawyers’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd March 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Could you defend yourself in court? – BBC News
“Legal aid changes in England and Wales could mean hundreds of thousands more people representing themselves in court, judges have warned. So how exactly do you become an amateur lawyer?”
BBC News, 28th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judges slam legal aid cuts and lawyers who bring ‘unmeritorious’ claims – Law Society’s Gazette
“Judges have slammed government plans to cut legal aid, but also criticised publicly funded lawyers who bring ‘unmeritorious’ public law claims, and proposed limiting legal aid in judicial review cases.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 28th February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Most senior judge attacks legal aid plans – Daily Telegraph
“Cuts to legal aid will have ‘serious implications for the quality of justice’, the country’s most senior judge warned yesterday in a scathing attack on Kenneth Clarke’s plans.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Related link: Q&A: Legal Aid
Legal aid cuts will cost more in long run, say judges – The Guardian
“Courts could grind to a standstill as hundreds of thousands of people represent themselves in legal cases, senior judges have warned.”
The Guardian, 24th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Proposals for the Reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales – Judiciary of England and Wales
“The judiciary’s co-ordinated response to the Government’s legal aid consultation paper is published today. It was drawn up by a sub-committee of the Judges’ Council (the body which represents all levels of the judiciary, and is chaired by the Lord Chief Justice).”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 24th February 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
