Legal Aid

Comment

Ex head of CPS says Met’s urge to omit details from Gray report may be ‘disproportionate’

Does the cab-rank rule really facilitate access to justice?

Comment

Man judge is currently advising clients on their requests for legal proceedings and legal advice.

‘Systematic impoverishment’: The decline of legal aid

*Comment & Analysis

Shattered: Cuts to legal services have affected thousands, but are barely reported

The cuts that broke the justice system

*Blog

"I was passionate about my work and because of the cuts I can no longer do it."

Domestic violence solicitor: ‘I’ve been forced out by government cuts’

*Blog

Prison crisis: Some lay the blame for current crisis at the feet of former justice secretary Chris Grayling

Court ruling wipes away the last remnants of Grayling’s MoJ legacy

*Blog

Children and vulnerable young people are among the groups most particularly impacted by the cuts

Legal aid cuts are denying justice to the most vulnerable

*Blog

"In this time of austerity – and in the middle of a housing crisis – what remains of publicly funded legal advice is vanishing"

Legal aid cuts have ripped the heart out of our justice system

Featured

BASC given permission to bring judicial review of Defra decision

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been granted permission by the High Court to bring a judicial review of Defra’s decision to withdraw the general licence (GL43) that allowed the release of gamebirds in certain areas of England. BASC’s ‘Fighting Fund’ is being used to support the High Court challenge. BASC chief executive Ian… Read more »

Featured

Concern over doctors’ health needs as legislation to regulate PAs and AAs introduced

Long overdue legislation setting out the regulatory framework for physician assistants (PAs) and anaesthesia assistants (AAs) has been published today. Commenting on the legislation, Dr Michael Devlin, head of professional standards and liaison at the MDU said: “This important piece of legislation not only introduces much needed regulation for PAs and AAs, it will also be… Read more »