Legal Aid

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25 Jan 2012

First legal aid concession on means testing at police stations

The government has made what appears to be its first substantial concession on the legal aid bill by abandoning a plan to means test police station advice.

23 Jan 2012

Ministers hint that concessions will be made on legal aid bill

Lord Chancellor may get power to restore services

16 Jan 2012

Lord Bach attacks government for 'scandalous' failure

Coalition has 'failed to get to grips' with consequences of legal aid cuts

12 Jan 2012

77,000 Londoners will lose from legal aid cuts

A total of 76,770 Londoners will lose access to legal aid in the areas of social welfare, housing, employment and immigration if the government presses ahead with its legal aid cuts, a report has found.

11 Jan 2012

Peers attack lack of evidence on impact of legal aid cuts

Peers have attacked the government's failure to produce evidence of the impact of its legal aid cuts in the latest debate at the House of Lords.

9 Jan 2012

Legal aid cuts 'could cost £139m', report finds

Removing legal aid from family law, social welfare and clinical negligence could cost the government £139m, a report by King's College, London, has found. The government aims to save £240m by making cuts in these areas.

9 Jan 2012

Of mice and clients

Your client smells, needs emergency assistance to avoid being kicked out of his council flat overnight, and will not say thank you. Russell Conway opens his housing lawyer diary

4 Jan 2012

Greenwich law centre loses funding appeal

Greenwich law centre has lost a legal challenge to the local council's decision to withdraw funding.