Legal Aid

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26 Mar 2012

Editor's blog | Internet must be available to all before it becomes a main access to justice channel

As we marvel about the power of the internet to change lives and deliver access to legal services we forget one important factor. For affluent users in urban areas with high connectivity levels, the web has become part of everyday life. Elsewhere, the picture can be very different; some regions have limited coverage and the appetite for online exploration is just not as developed, with significantly fewer households having internet access.

22 Mar 2012

Budget's £20m for advice agencies 'a fifth of what is being taken away'

Lord Bach has said the budget announcement of an additional £20m for UK advice agencies for the next two years was “about a fifth of what is being taken away” through the legal aid cuts.

19 Mar 2012

Lord Neuberger sets limits on article 8 defence to possession proceedings

Courts should identify 'minority of cases' early

19 Mar 2012

Further LASPO defeats over phone gateway and Jackson

Peers want industrial disease cases to be exempted from recoverability ban

16 Mar 2012

'Not impermissible' for Lady Hale to speak out on legal aid

It was “not impermissible” for Lady Hale to speak out against the government's legal aid cuts, Lord Neuberger has said in a speech on judicial independence.

15 Mar 2012

Peers reject legal aid telephone gateway

Peers passed an amendment to the legal aid bill last night which would prevent civil legal aid clients being forced to access advice through a telephone gateway.

14 Mar 2012

MPs will pay price for legal aid cuts, young lawyers warn

MPs will have to work harder to help constituents if they scrap legal aid for immigration, debt and welfare benefits cases, Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) has warned.

12 Mar 2012

Legal aid bill battered by 'very impressive' lords

Six amendments passed as peers refuse to be 'bought off' by concessions