Legal Aid

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Changes to confiscation law: part two

David Winch discusses amendments to confiscation law made by recent legislation, including changes to restraint orders and the new power to make compliance orders

Magna Carta stands for justice - not further cuts

Government reforms to legal aid are penalising successful defences, writes Gemma Blythe

Work for free? The legal profession needs to channel its inner Taylor Swift

Supermarkets aren't obliged to dispense free produce from their back doors

'Big Friendly Giant' firms back direct action over legal aid cuts

The government's 'bone-headed policies' are unworkable for all firms regardless of size, says CLSA

The lawyers are revolting!

Will solicitors and barristers join forces in industrial action after Gove protects advocacy fees from cuts?

Citizens Advice agrees with Gove that victims should be empowered in courts

Charity applauds Gove's initiatives to make justice system victim and witness responsive

Gove's speech is a 'whitewash' of government failures

Criminal Law Solicitors' Association highly critical of Lord Chancellor's maiden speech while Bar Council laps up Michael Gove's praise for the independent Bar

If Gove gets his way the public will have to rely on the kindness of lawyers

The Lord Chancellor has astutely turned the tables on the public debate over legal aid