Legal Aid

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Ministers hint that concessions will be made on legal aid bill

Lord Chancellor may get power to restore services

Lord Bach attacks government for 'scandalous' failure

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Greenwich law centre loses funding appeal

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

Lib Dem peers voice frustration at lack of concessions on legal aid

Lord Carlile, the Lib Dem peer and independent reviewer of anti-terrorism legislation, voiced his frustration in the House of Lords last night at “absolutely no hint that any concessions will be made” by the government on legal aid.