‘The number of households seeking help to deal with court action over their unpaid energy bills has doubled in the last year, according to Citizens Advice.’
The Guardian, 5th April 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An employment tribunal has rejected claims of bias by a solicitor claimant who asked and then retracted a request to replace a female judge with a male one.’
Legal Futures, 23rd June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Employment lawyers could be about to see a surge in enquiries, with data from Citizens Advice showing that people are becoming increasingly concerned about redundancy.’
Legal Futures, 16th June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Half of all law centres and not-for-profit legal advice services in England and Wales have closed over the past six years, according to government figures.’
The Guardian, 15th July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A charity has called for tougher regulation of bailiffs, as it calculated that households have fallen behind on essential bills by £18.9bn.’
BBC News, 21st August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A new volunteer-run law centre in Manchester is the exception. More commonly, advice services across the country are either closed or struggling’
The Guardian, 9th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Polling results in the Citizens Advice report, Responsive justice: How citizens experience the justice system, show that voters lack confidence in our legal system and have concerns over access to justice.’
The Bar Council, 24th November 2015
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘Any person thinking about taking their case to court should be able to see a lawyer without cost at least once, according to an opinion poll conducted as part of work on the public perception of justice.’
Legal Futures, 24th November 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Currently landlords obligated to repair fundamental fault in property – but can evict tenants if they pursue rights to repair.’
The Guardian, 13th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In September 1939, the CAB was established with the creation of 200 emergency centres across the country. Today it deals with issues from the fallout of the bedroom tax, benefits cuts and fraud, but in wartime it helped to replace lost ration books and put wives and parents in touch with lost sons and husbands in prisoner-of-war camps.’
The Independent, 7th September 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The cuts in legal aid for professional advice wrought by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) may be seen to have increased the opportunities – and workload – for volunteers and charities. Indeed, there are reports that the government intends to fill the gap regarding divorce by setting up law centres run by students. However, the cuts, often portrayed as affecting “fat cat” lawyers, can harm charitable and volunteer services as can be seen through the example of Citizens Advice Bureaux up and down the country.’
Halsbury’s Law Exhchange, 15th July 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“An independent commission is being launched on Monday to examine how to cope with deep cuts to legal aid at a time of complex benefits reforms. The Low Commission, named after its chairman, Lord Low, will hold its first public meeting this week as law centres and Citizens Advice centres across the UK begin turning away those seeking advice.”
The Guardian, 3rd December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Legal aid became bloated and inefficient. What’s needed is a better network of law centres and Citizens Advice Bureaux.”
The Guardian, 13th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Changes concerning the Legal Services Board and Citizens Advice, including the closure of the LSB’s website, have brought the independence issue to the fore again.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A disabled volunteer worker at an advice bureau was not protected from acts of discrimination on grounds of disability under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, nor could she rely on the direct effect of Council Directive 2000/78/EEC (‘the Framework Directive’) to sustain an action for discrimination. Although voluntary posts like that held by the claimant might assist the holder to gain a permanent paid post, that was not the purpose of having volunteer workers, most of whom had no wish to join the permanent staff. The volunteer post was not to be treated as a form of vocational training subject to article 3(1)(c) of the Framework Directive.”
WLR Daily, 26th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A couple funded a luxury lifestyle of champagne and top-class hotels by siphoning off up to £650,000 from a Citizens Advice Bureau office, a jury was told yesterday.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Citizens Advice Bureau advisor who was sacked after she phoned a suicidal woman’s GP was awarded £18,000 damages.”
BBC News, 24th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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