The lawyers trying to give deaf people a hearing – The Guardian
“Ten million people have a hearing problem but legal aid cuts will make woeful provision of legal services worse.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: legal representation
Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan gain phone hacking order – Daily Telegraph
“Police were ordered by a High Court judge today to disclose information which could indicate that telephone messages sent and received by celebrities Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan were intercepted by a private investigator working for a newspaper.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Government will not remove police station advice, Djanogly pledges – Law Society’s Gazette
“The government has no intention of removing legal help from people detained at police stations, justice minister Jonathan Djanogly confirmed today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Vital safeguard of right to lawyer in police stations ‘under attack’ – The Guardian
“Plan to scrap automatic access to legal aid solicitors is a full-blown assault on the universal right to representation.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (G) v Governors of X School (Secretary of State for the Home Department intervening) – WLR Daily
“A teaching assistant accused of acts of abuse of trust with a pupil was not entitled to legal representation in school disciplinary proceedings which might lead to a referral to the Independent Safeguarding Authority, which could bar him from working with children.”
WLR Daily, 29th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Mounting concerns over legal aid cuts – BBC News
“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
One nasty surprise in the legal aid bill escaped the headlines – The Guardian
“The bill all but removes sweeteners introduced in the 1990s when legal aid was abolished in most personal injury claims.”
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The Guardian, 28th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal aid reform could end right to a free solicitor – The Guardian
“A ‘cornerstone’ of the legal system, the universal right to a solicitor upon arrest, could be jettisoned in favour of means-testing under controversial plans drawn up by the Ministry of Justice.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Squatters should not be occupying legal aid arguments – The Guardian
“The biggest winding back of access to justice in the legal aid system’s history is not getting the attention it deserves.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bar Council: Access to Justice will be Systematically Deprived by Legal Aid Proposals – The Bar Council
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has today warned that access to justice will be systematically deprived as the Government published the response to its legal aid consultation.”
The Bar Council, 21st June 2011
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Kenneth Clarke’s legal aid cuts deemed a ‘slap in the face’ for ordinary families – The Guardian
“Liberty director says justice secretary’s £350m budget cut leaves only footballers and criminal defendants able to get legal advice.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Humberstone) v Legal Services Commission (Lord Chancellor intervening) – WLR Daily
“The state’s obligation to conduct an effective investigation into a death (with the associated possible necessity to provide representation) did not arise in all cases where a death occurred while the deceased was in the care of the state but only in a much narrower range of cases where it was arguable that the state had breached its substantive obligations under art 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 22nd December 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Legal aid backlog leaves some defendants unrepresented – Law Society’s Gazette
“Delays in processing legal aid applications are leaving some defendants in London’s Crown and magistrates’ courts unrepresented, criminal solicitors have warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th December 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Regina (Secretary of State for the Home Department) v Assistant Deputy Coroner for Inner West London – WLR Daily
“A coroner did not have power to receive sensitive evidence relating to the security service in a closed hearing in the absence of properly interested persons and their legal representatives.”
WLR Daily, 1st December 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Cadder v HM Advocate (HM Advocate General for Scotland and JUSTICE intervening) – WLR Daily
“An accused’s rights would, in principle, be irretrievably prejudiced if incriminating statements made during police interrogation without access to a lawyer were admitted in evidence at trial. Accordingly, s 14 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 should be read and given effect so as to preclude the admission of such evidence, unless in the particular circumstances of the case there had been compelling reasons for restricting access to a lawyer.”
WLR Daily, 26th October 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Baby P mother denied inquest representation funding – BBC News
“Baby Peter’s mother and her boyfriend have been denied public funding to be represented at any resumed inquest into the child’s death.”
BBC News, 21st September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Quality of legal aid is as important as access to a lawyer – The Guardian
“Justice for vulnerable clients can be frustrated when lawyers are not up to the job.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal aid is in tatters and only long-term thinking can mend it – The Guardian
“The legal aid budget for asylum seekers is bloated because poor and rushed decisions are made early on – only radical reform, not cuts, can trim the bill.”
The Guardian, 19th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal aid cuts put access to justice at risk, say lawyers – The Guardian
“Thousands of the most vulnerable people risk being denied emergency access to free advice from lawyers following major changes to the way legal aid is delivered, family law experts warn today.”
The Guardian, 17th august 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
