Cut Price Justice – Garden Court Chambers Blog
“Anna Morris explains why the legal profession and the public must unite to oppose the government’s attack on legal aid.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 20th May 2013
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
Category: legal representation
New legal aid reforms end ‘justice for all’, lawyers warn – The Independent
“England’s 800-year-old tradition of fair and open access to justice for all will
be destroyed by sweeping Government plans to reform criminal legal aid, senior
judges and magistrates warn today.”
The Independent, 28th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Death Row, Human Rights and the Limits of the Law – Criminal Law and Justice Weekly
“Although both the law surrounding human rights and the use of judicial review to uphold it have grown exponentially in the UK in recent times, there are still plenty of jurisdictions where even fundamental principles of justice are not respected with any consistency. It is not surprising, therefore, that the last decade has seen a number of cases where those faced with perceived injustice abroad turn homewards for redress.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 20th April 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
The Future of Legal Aid – Why we Need to Act Now – Garden Court Chambers Blog
“Connor Johnston, co-chair of the Young Legal Aid Lawyers, discusses the latest threats to legal aid.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 24th April 2013
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
The new model – New Law Journal
“Labour’s Lord Bach fought a good deal harder in the House of Lords to defend legal aid from the coalition’s cuts than many of his colleagues. But, the key provisions of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 are now in force. Civil legal aid will never again have the comprehensive coverage that once it did: in particular, partners whose relationships break down are going to have a particularly hard time. No government, realistically, is going to restart funding at past levels. What can be done to assist the women who are most likely to be the major victims of these cuts?”
New Law Journal, 18th April 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Lesley Kemp faces libel suit over Twitter comments – BBC News
“A woman who complained about an unpaid £146 invoice is facing a libel battle that could cost her more than £100,000.”
BBC News, 19th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The CBA misunderstand and are misrepresenting QASA warns the BSB – Bar Standards Board
“Yesterday’s Criminal Bar Association message contains some unhelpful inaccuracies which the Bar Standards Board needs to correct.”
Bar Standards Board, 9th April 2013
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
MoJ unveils tendering plans for criminal defence – Law Society’s Gazette
“Defendants will lose the right to choose their lawyer and instead be allocated a representative, under government plans to introduce price-competitive tendering (PCT) for criminal defence services.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th April 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Making legal aid fairer for taxpayers – Ministry of Justice
“Plans to boost public confidence in the legal aid system and tackle towering bills have today been put out to consultation by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th April 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
‘Unbundling’ the new craze as lawyer-backed family mediation service launches – Legal Futures
“A lawyer-backed service that supports divorcing couples during mediation, charging fixed fees to halve the cost, is being billed as a possible lifeline for family legal aid lawyers after 1 April.”
Legal Futures, 18th March 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Legal aid cuts force closure of almost a third of Shelter offices – The Guardian
“Cuts to legal aid are forcing the closure of almost a third of Shelter’s housing advice centres and compelling the Red Cross to abandon its assistance for family reunions, the organisations claim.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Family of royal hoax suicide nurse denied legal aid for inquest – The Independent
“The family of the nurse who apparently took her own life after answering the Duchess of Cambridge hoax call has been denied legal aid for her inquest, The Independent can disclose.”
The Independent, 7th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
JR reaction: “a dark day” for accident victims, says APIL – Litigation Futures
“The High Court’s rejection of the challenge to the RTA portal fee cut represents ‘a dark day’ for accident victims, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has claimed.”
Litigation Futures, 4th March 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
No cash from the UK to avoid Indonesian firing squad – UK Human Rights Blog
“In this highly publicised case, the Administrative Court has come up with some firm criteria for the scope of the Convention’s protective reach for UK citizens abroad. The judgment is also something of a body blow for those who are looking to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms for a wider human rights umbrella.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 8th February 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
A new approach: access to justice in criminal cases – LegalVoice
“Anyone concerned over the need to check the power of the police and prosecution authorities by providing a counter-balance holding these state funded entities to account may find this paper helpful, writes Robin Murray. It is a proposal to save millions of pounds of tax-payers’ money whilst at the same time preserving independent access to justice, an essential pre-requisite to prevent abuse and injustice to which anyone of us, high or low can become a victim.”
LegalVoice, 5th February 2013
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
Bali drugs: UK government accused of breaching Lindsay Sandiford’s rights – The Guardian
“The government’s failure to provide an ‘adequate’ lawyer to represent a British woman sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug smuggling is a breach of her rights, the high court has been told.”
The Guardian, 31st January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
