Legal Aid

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10 Nov 2010

Public backs legal aid for child protection but not divorce

The public believes child protection should be the priority for civil legal aid funding but divorce-related work should come last.

9 Nov 2010

Ditch legal aid for 'planes and trains', chairman tells Bar conference

In a speech subtitled 'There's no more money', Bar Council chairman Nicolas Green QC has urged barristers to distance themselves from legal aid work.

8 Nov 2010

Jackson and legal aid consultations to be launched at same time

The government's plans to cut the legal aid budget by £350m and to implement parts of Jackson LJ's report on civil costs will be launched together, justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has said. Publication is expected later this month.

3 Nov 2010

SRA appoints external complaints handling body

The Independent Complaint Resolution Service, the body set up to hear complaints against the Land Registry, has been appointed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority as its external complaint handling service.

3 Nov 2010

Labour's ASBO apparatchik warned to keep her hands off trial by jury

Calls from the victims' commissioner to save cash by blocking jury trials for either way offences have been ridiculed as "disjointed and haphazard".

1 Nov 2010

LSC settles social welfare judicial review

Leeds firm Davies Gore Lomax has settled a judicial review of the social welfare tender with the LSC.

1 Nov 2010

New leaf

As SJ puts the finishing touches to next week's pro bono special, Jean-Yves Gilg and Rebecca Hilsenrath kick us off with a warning to the coalition: blur the boundaries of legal aid and pro bono at your peril

1 Nov 2010

Sage advice

It has been seven years since the Sage case left planning litigators scratching their heads, so has a reworking of the issue finally settled the score? Ian Ponter and Sarah Reid discuss