Legal Aid

Articles

23 Feb 2010

Weighed down

Increasingly complex regulation places a heavy burden on charities without achieving the objective of effectiveness, say Jonathan Brinsden and Nicola Evans

16 Feb 2010

Grieve calls for new methods of funding legal aid and criticises LSC

Dominic Grieve QC, shadow justice secretary, has championed alternative methods of funding legal aid, while saying that the LSC was “not fit for purpose”.

16 Feb 2010

Weighing the options

Recent changes to the structure of the Charity Tribunal will open up various appeal opportunities, but the Charity Commission will remain the first port of call in many decision-review processes, says Kenneth Dibble

16 Feb 2010

Encounters of the third kind

There are many advantages of involving third sector organisations in the delivery of public services, but those considering bidding for contracts should be aware of the risks and prepare carefully, says Mark Johnson

9 Feb 2010

Tories back French system of funding legal aid

Dominic Grieve QC, shadow justice secretary, is considering a French system of funding legal aid under which all client funds are held in a single, national account contributing to the financing of publicly-funded cases.

9 Feb 2010

Lord Bach reveals latest civil legal aid cuts

Lord Bach, the legal aid minister, has launched a fresh package of civil legal aid cuts, which the Ministry of Justice hopes will save £6m a year.

9 Feb 2010

No pain, no gain

While there is a profitable market for the infliction of real pain on television, directors must carefully consider the design of such TV shows to avoid potential criminal liability, say Kate Oldfield and Kai Graf von Pahlen

5 Feb 2010

Law Society attacks civil legal aid cuts

Des Hudson, chief executive of the Law Society, has attacked the latest round of civil legal aid cuts, announced by Lord Bach this week.