legal aid – Page 64 – Current Awareness

Legal aid lawyers were struggling even before the cuts – The Guardian

Posted December 6th, 2010 in budgets, legal aid, legal profession, news, remuneration by sally

“These are dark days for junior legal aid lawyers. Even before the cuts to the legal aid budget were announced last month, they were struggling to get by on salaries that are among the lowest in the public sector (£16,650 for trainee solicitors and £10,000 for trainee barristers, rising to little more than £25,000 after several years in the job). Now they’re bracing themselves for their practices to be decimated as many of their clients lose eligibility for state funding.”

The Guardian, 3rd December 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Incoming Bar Chairman: Diversification Good For the Bar and For Its Clients – The Bar Council

Posted December 3rd, 2010 in advocacy, barristers, legal aid, news by sally

“Peter Lodder QC, incoming Chairman of the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, will call for publicly funded barristers to diversify their practices, when he delivers his inaugural address to the Bar Council this evening. Lodder, takes over as Chairman of the Bar from Nicholas Green QC on 1 January 2011.”

The Bar Council, 2nd December 2010

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

‘Mixed practice’ warning for publicly funded barristers – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted December 3rd, 2010 in advocacy, barristers, legal aid, news by sally

“Incoming Bar Council chairman Peter Lodder QC today warned publicly funded barristers to diversify or face a bleak future.”

Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd December 2010

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

House of Commons inquiry – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted December 2nd, 2010 in inquiries, legal aid, news by sally

“The House of Commons’ Justice Committee has launched an inquiry into the government’s recent legal aid green paper, inviting evidence on the likely impact of the reforms on the number and quality of legal aid practitioners, and whether the government’s civil justice proposals mirror the Jackson report.”

Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd December 2010

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Legal aid solicitors overpaid by £77m – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted December 1st, 2010 in fees, legal aid, news, solicitors by sally

“Legal aid solicitors have been overpaid by almost £77m, according to a report published today by public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office.”

Law Society’s Gazette, 30th November 2010

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

The Epilim case shows the flaws in the legal aid regime – The Guardian

Posted November 29th, 2010 in birth, legal aid, medicines, news, personal injuries by sally

“Families who claim the epilepsy drug was linked to birth defects have few options left after the LSC withdrew funding.”

The Guardian, 29th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Whitehall proposals ignore people who could fill civil legal aid void – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted November 29th, 2010 in legal aid, news by sally

“The most common reaction to last week’s Ministry of Justice green paper on legal aid is shock. That shock is manifested among legal aid practitioners, clients and the groups that speak for clients.”

Law Society’s Gazette, 25th November 2010

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Legal aid cuts could make pro bono work a social duty for law firms – The Guardian

Posted November 22nd, 2010 in law firms, legal aid, news, pro bono work by sally

“Is it a good idea to rely on organisations whose priority is making money to provide legal advice for those who can’t afford it?”

The Guardian, 19th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Bar owner cleared of GBH faces £9,000 legal bill after court refuses to pay for his top QC – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 19th, 2010 in barristers, costs, fees, legal aid, news by sally

“An innocent businessman faces a £9,000 legal bill after judges ruled that the taxpayer should not have to pay for the leading criminal barrister who defended him.”

Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Neuberger: mediation is no substitute for justice – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted November 18th, 2010 in dispute resolution, legal aid, news by sally

“Mediation ‘cannot be a substitute for justice’, the master of the rolls warned this week, in a view that appears sharply at odds with government proposals to replace many legal aid-funded cases with alternative dispute resolution.”

Law Society’s Gazette, 18th November 2010

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Legal aid: annotated government proposals for reform – The Guardian

Posted November 17th, 2010 in budgets, legal aid, news by sally

“Legal affairs correspondent, Afua Hirsch, dissects the green paper on legal aid and gives her views on the most important passages. Click on the highlighted paragraphs to read their comments or use the annotations bar at the top of the page to flick through them.”

Proposal for Reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales

The Guardian, 17th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Bar Council Says That the Time Is Right to Consult on Legal Aid and Civil Justice, but Warns of Need for Safeguards to Protect Vulnerable – The Bar Council

Posted November 16th, 2010 in civil justice, consultations, legal aid, news by sally

“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has said that the launch of Government consultations on reform of the legal aid system and on civil litigation is necessary but the impact of the proposals on the most vulnerable must be considered very carefully.”

The Bar Council, 15th November 2010

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Legal aid cuts: surprise exceptions take out the sting – The Guardian

Posted November 16th, 2010 in legal aid, news by sally

“The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, worked hard today to try to remove some of the political sting from his much-anticipated unveiling of swingeing legal aid cuts. The scale of the reductions – £350m a year to be taken out of a £914m-a-year civil and family legal aid budget by 2014 – had been widely anticipated.”

The Guardian, 15th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Legal aid cuts are a brutal shrinkage of justice – The Guardian

Posted November 16th, 2010 in barristers, civil justice, criminal justice, legal aid, news by sally

“The scope of Kenneth Clarke’s mooted reforms is breathtaking, and the legal aid cuts introduced as part of this process are brutal. A raft of reforms, from criminal justice right the way through to the funding of clinical negligence claims, are now up in the air.”

The Guardian, 15th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Legal aid cuts would remove free advice for thousands of people – The Guardian

Posted November 16th, 2010 in family courts, housing, legal aid, news by sally

“Hundreds of thousands of people with family and housing law problems will no longer have access to free legal advice under government proposals announced today (15 November).”

The Guardian, 15th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Epilim test case: Menzies Campbell accuses Legal Services Commission – The Guardian

Posted November 9th, 2010 in legal aid, medicines, news, personal injuries by sally

“The government’s legal aid body was today accused of acting as ‘judge and jury’ by withdrawing state funding from a test case by families of disabled children against a pharmaceutical company.”

The Guardian, 9th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Mental health patients face legal aid delay – The Guardian

Posted November 9th, 2010 in legal aid, mental health, news, tribunals by sally

“People with mental health problems are finding it increasingly difficult to get lawyers to represent them at tribunals because of changes to the legal aid system.”

The Guardian, 9th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

New legal aid court challenge set to proceed – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted November 8th, 2010 in legal aid, news, protective costs orders, tenders by sally

“A High Court judge has refused an injunction that could have further delayed the start of the new mental health and public law legal aid contracts – but awarded a protective costs order to enable a legal challenge to the two Legal Services Commission tender processes.”

Law Society’s Gazette, 8th November 2010

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Families denied legal aid for epilepsy drug court case – BBC news

Posted November 8th, 2010 in birth, legal aid, news, personal injuries by sally

“Dozens of families who blame an epilepsy drug for causing birth defects in their children say they are devastated that legal aid to sue its maker has been withdrawn.”

BBC News, 8th November 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ombudsman to investigate complaints against LSC – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted November 5th, 2010 in fees, legal aid, maladministration, news, ombudsmen by sally

“The Parliamentary Ombudsman is to investigate complaints of maladministration made against the Legal Services Commission by the Law Society and several law firms over its late claims to recoup payments made on account.”

Law Society’s Gazette, 4th November 2010

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

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