Legal Aid

Articles

4 Feb 2015

MPs release damning report into Ministry of Justice's legal aid cuts

PAC: MoJ does not know if cuts to civil legal aid budget represent value for money

3 Feb 2015

We are the custodians of the law, not Grayling

Pippa Allsop urges the profession to take a pragmatic approach to government's terrible decisions

3 Feb 2015

The shaken foundations of the legal system

A hike in court fees demonstrates the government's willingness to commoditise the law and endanger people's rights, says David Kirwan

3 Feb 2015

A holiday from domestic costs issues?

Neil Ronan advises claimants injured abroad on bringing a successful claim

3 Feb 2015

Back to basics

Litigators who fail to comply with practice directions on skeletons and bundles do so at their peril, warns Sue Nash

2 Feb 2015

Carnage in the personal injury sector yet to happen

Experts say fee earners are stalling work procured pre-July 2013

27 Jan 2015

Will we or won't we get our costs back?

Tom Holbrook congratulates litigators on making it to 2015 after a tough Mitchell-centric year

20 Jan 2015

High Court holds out on Grayling

Legal profession waits to see if fair trials will be relegated to the 'dustbin of history'