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27 May 2011, 4:51 am by sally
“The government is considering fresh legal aid cuts, the Gazette has learned, because Kenneth Clarke’s politically maladroit remarks about rape sentencing have jeopardised its bid to save money by cutting the prison population. [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 7:44 am
After a revolt by private bar lawyers in 2004, the government decided to operate legal aid using staff lawyers to defend cases, cutting off its relationship with the province’s law society and establishing the commission. [read post]
15 Jan 2014, 10:29 am by Legal Beagle
It is the Scottish Legal Aid Board and not the Law Society of Scotland which maintains the legal aid registers. [read post]
13 Aug 2010, 1:00 pm by Kate Bladow
For example, Atlanta Legal Aid Society has "friended," or connected to, five other legal aid organizations, which makes them easier to find. [read post]
25 Jan 2014, 4:00 am by Legal Beagle
"At that time, as well as the general regulatory powers and functions in relation to solicitors, the Law Society of Scotland alone exercised the statutory power through Section 31 of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act to exclude a solicitor from undertaking legal aid and representing legal aid clients. [read post]
8 Jan 2019, 10:40 pm by Tessa Shepperson
They go underground and we get an unjust society. [read post]
14 May 2024, 2:00 am by Katharine Van Tassel
Susan McLaren (Georgia State University), Lisa Bliss (Georgia State University), Christina Scott (Georgia State University), Pam Kraidler (Atlanta Legal Aid Society), et al., Applying a Social Ecological Model to Medical Legal Partnerships Practice and Research, 51 J.L. [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 7:55 am
Advertiser -Legal Aid Society of Hawaii director resigningEx-Honolulu firefighter gets 10 years for arson, to undergo drug treatmentLeong admitted setting three brushfires in the Makapu'u area last July and said he had smoked crystal methamphetamine earlier in the day.Star-Bulletin -Hawaii could get another federal judgeship...under legislation pending in the U.S. [read post]
9 Apr 2020, 4:00 am by Ken Chasse
In my previous Slaw article, as an example of the kind of support service that law societies should be creating, I cited the centralized legal research service that is LAO LAW at Legal Aid Ontario (LAO). [read post]
6 Mar 2010, 2:02 pm by Tessa Shepperson
Legal Aid Long term readers of this blog will know that I have written extensively in the past on legal aid, and have expressed concern, along with other law professionals, at what appears to be the gradual destruction of our once proud legal aid system. [read post]
11 May 2015, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
Felice Batlan illustrates that by the early twentieth century, male lawyers founded their own legal aid societies. [read post]
8 Jul 2008, 8:48 am
Bloomberg and the New York City Council has cut funding for both the city's district attorneys and the Legal Aid Society in the $59.1 billion city budget for the fiscal year that began July 1.Citywide, the six district attorney offices will receive $249.9 million in the 2009 fiscal year. [read post]
28 Sep 2007, 1:18 am
“Proposed reforms to criminal defence legal aid contracts risk ‘pushing the defence service towards disaster' and should be resisted ‘to the end', Roger Peach, the president of the Criminal Defence Solicitors' Union has warned. [read post]
23 Nov 2010, 1:38 am by sally
“Individuals should play a greater role in solving their problems rather than turning to the courts, justice minister Jonathan Djanogly said last week as he set out the government’s plan to support mediation in the wake of its proposals to slash legal aid. [read post]
29 Jun 2017, 1:15 pm by Giles Peaker
However, the President of the Law Society, Robert Bourns, is quoted as saying: “There have been reports that tenants of Grenfell Tower were unable to access legal aid to challenge safety concerns because of the cuts. [read post]
4 Apr 2024, 9:00 am by Joy
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Man files $5M lawsuit against Ont. government, Children's Aid Society alleging years of childhood abuse #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/y4484t3z - Garry J. [read post]
18 May 2011, 1:54 am by tracey
“Law Society accuses ministers of ignoring consultation by pressing ahead with plans to remove legal help for vulnerable. [read post]