Legal Aid

Articles

23 Feb 2016

There are solutions to the legal aid crisis

To celebrate SJ's 160th year of publication, authors will be taking a contemporary look at historic events reported in Solicitors Journal's rich history. See the original story here.

18 Feb 2016

Court of Appeal: Legal aid regulations legally flawed in domestic violence cases

'Harsh test' exclude victims from accessing legal aid and 'frustrates the purposes of LASPO'

16 Feb 2016

Expert witnesses are not getting a fair deal from legal aid

The MoJ must make urgent changes to fee rates and case management if it expects to rely on qualified and experienced experts to advise the courts, argues Richard Emery

16 Feb 2016

Canadian law firm funder to lend over £50m to UK PI practices

SpectraLegal is initially targeting firms operating on conditional-fee and damages-based agreements

9 Feb 2016

Our archaic courts won't compete forever

After the upheaval of the Jackson reforms in 2013, civil litigators might have been forgiven for thinking there would be a period without further substantial changes while things bedded down.

9 Feb 2016

Changes ahead for costs budgeting

Steve Davies advises practitioners to be mindful of budgets as the courts are increasingly willing to penalise parties by disallowing items and restricting future costs

1 Feb 2016

Dual contracting: Lord Falconer chases government over wasted tax payer money

NAO must ensure the interests of the taxpayers have been properly safeguarded, says Labour's justice secretary

1 Feb 2016

Solicitors and barristers cautious over Lord Justice Jackson's fixed costs recommendations

Fixed costs for complex cases deemed 'totally inappropriate' and may prevent legitimate claims being pursued, say the Law Society and Bar Council