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The Law Society of England and Wales is today (29 August) calling on the Justice Secretary Alex Chalk KC to urgently invest £113 million to stop legal aid from completely vanishing at a time when millions of people are struggling with debt, housing costs and the cost-of-living crisis. The Legal Services Board (LSB) is consulting on proposals to ensure that people who use legal services have access to fair and effective complaint procedures. Latest immigration statistics published on 24th August show that there is still a long way to go to reduce the huge backlog at the Home Office, as justice may be delayed or denied for people claiming asylum in the UK Families whose loved ones died in care homes and hospitals in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic have issued legal claims in the High Court against the Health Secretary, individual care homes and Hospital Trusts Muckle LLP's Ben Evans has passed his solicitor apprenticeship and will become one of the North East's first solicitor apprentices to qualify via the North East Solicitor Apprenticeship (NESA) programme Increase of interest rates for Court Funds Office special and basic accounts from 23 August 2023 APIL has issued judicial review (JR) proceedings against the Lord Chancellor challenging several aspects of new rules to extend fixed recoverable costs in personal injury cases This is the first time that Scotch Whisky has been explicitly recognised in Hong Kong 
