Legal Aid

Articles

6 Sept 2010

Judicial reviews to determine contract awards

The LSC's handling of the award of family and social welfare legal aid contracts faces a tough battle in the courts.

27 Aug 2010

Society launches judicial review over family contracts

The Law Society has launched a judicial review of the LSC's tendering process for family legal aid contracts.

24 Aug 2010

Coalition opts for "light touch" equality duty

The coalition government has watered down its predecessor's plans for the general equality duty to be imposed on public bodies under the Equality Act 2010.

17 Aug 2010

Redundancy fears as family legal aid firms fail to secure contracts

Fears of widespread redundancies in the family legal aid sector are mounting as a new survey tallies the access to justice traumas caused by budget cuts.

17 Aug 2010

Mutual wills trump deathbed wishes, High Court finds

A hairdresser who became the sole beneficiary of an elderly woman's estate at the eleventh hour is expected to have to repay more than £300,000 because of a “remarkable” error in drafting the original will, the High Court has ruled.

16 Aug 2010

Coroners' reforms could be among casualties of £2bn cuts

Long-overdue reforms to the system of coroners could become one of the casualties of the massive cuts facing the Ministry of Justice, it has emerged.

16 Aug 2010

Law will tear us apart

Justices are fiddling with top-dollar divorces while normal families burn, says Marilyn Stowe

10 Aug 2010

Expect redundancies, MoJ director tells staff

About £2bn will be sliced off the Ministry of Justice's £9bn budget over the next two years, some of which through redundancies, according to a letter leaked to the Public and Commercial Services Union.