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Lords queue up to condemn legal aid bill

The government's legal aid bill met fierce opposition in the House of Lords last night, during a seven-hour debate in which peer after peer attacked the cuts.

Legal aid cuts 'will force victims of human trafficking to claim asylum'

Victims of human trafficking who end up in the UK could be forced to claim asylum to stay in the country, the general secretary of the Immigration Law Practitioners Group has warned.

Legal aid bill will be bad for families, alliance warns MPs

An alliance of family-related organisations and family lawyers has warned MPs that the legal aid bill will be “bad for children, bad for women and bad for families”.

Society calls for pause in legal aid bill after Djanogly row

Des Hudson, chief executive of the Law Society, has called for a pause in the passage of the legal aid bill following the rumpus over justice minister Jonathan Djanogly's family link to claims management companies.

LSC chairman calls for independent appeal tribunal

Sir Bill Callaghan, chairman of the LSC, has called for an independent tribunal to hear decisions over whether people should be granted legal aid.

Jackson LJ questions MoJ's alternative funding scheme

A scheme, backed by the Ministry of Justice, to raise money for legal aid by deducting 25 per cent from the damages of successful publicly funded claimants has been questioned by Lord Justice Jackson.

LSC chairman calls for independent legal aid appeal tribunal

Sir Bill Callaghan, chairman of the LSC, has called for an independent tribunal to hear decisions over whether people should be granted legal aid.

Save our Plenet

The Public Legal Education Network opened up a world of alternatives for people unable to afford legal services, so why - with some many advice centres closing – aren't the government and the profession taking it more seriously, asks Jon Robins