Legal Aid

Articles

4 Mar 2011

Sounding off is not enough, survey reveals

The Law Society is not doing enough to fight government cuts, according to a survey of legal aid lawyers.

28 Feb 2011

'Bureaucratic machinery' of land registration does not trump reality

The “bureaucratic machinery” behind the registration of land does not “trump reality”, appeal judges have ruled.

28 Feb 2011

Two timing

Michael Dempsey lifts the lid on the emerging phenomenon of 'hot tubbing'

28 Feb 2011

Law in miniature

Where are we up to with the admissibility of low template DNA? Sarah Dyas goes under the microscope

23 Feb 2011

Compulsory mediation awareness sessions for all divorcing couples

All divorcing couples will have to attend mediation awareness sessions, not just those on legal aid, justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has announced.

22 Feb 2011

Police minister boost for restorative justice

Restorative justice should be “embedded in and operating at every part of the criminal justice system”, police and criminal justice minister Nick Herbert has said in the clearest endorsement so far of the government's support for this alternative mechanism.

22 Feb 2011

Cornish pasties win protected status

Cornish pasties made in Cornwall and based on a traditional recipe won protected status from the European Commission today.

21 Feb 2011

High street reaches 'tipping point' on road to the ABS revolution

The legal services sector has reached “a tipping point” on the road to ABSs, a leading high street lawyer has said.