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29 Jul 2012, 3:09 am
Oliver Adair, the convener of the Society's legal aid negotiating team, said: "We agree that people who can afford to pay a portion of the cost of their legal aid should do, provided they can afford it. [read post]
22 Nov 2006, 10:39 am
Forgive me for being cynical...and I sure hope I just don't have the "pulse of the province" on this one...but I'm having a tough time believing the numbers of a recent poll conducted for the Legal Aid Society of Alberta.Albertan's Show Overwhelming Support for Legal AidAs those of us who do significant amounts of Legal Aid work know, the remuneration is often minimal and there are a significant number of applicants who… [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 2:07 pm
Law Society’s own legal aid negotiating team in legal aid plunder job. [read post]
29 Nov 2010, 1:35 am
“The most common reaction to last week’s Ministry of Justice green paper on legal aid is shock. [read post]
12 May 2011, 3:14 am
LAG and the Law Society have today written a joint letter to the Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke calling on the government to publish its proposals for the reform of legal aid as a draft bill to be scrutinised by a special joint committee of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. [read post]
29 Oct 2009, 9:35 am
“Solicitors have been overpaid nearly £25m for legal aid work, public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) reported today. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 4:21 am
“The government’s planned legal aid cuts will have a ‘serious adverse long-term effect’ on the justice system, a former president of the family division of the High Court has warned. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 2:40 am
“Legal aid solicitors have been overpaid by almost £77m, according to a report published today by public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office. [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 7:29 am
“Law centres will close, leaving ‘many thousands’ of the poor and marginalised without access to justice if the government’s legal aid cuts are implemented, peers have warned.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd February 2012 Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk [read post]
16 Oct 2009, 1:22 am
“The Ministry of Justice has announced a review of the way the £2bn legal aid budget is delivered which could see separate civil and criminal funds run by different bodies. [read post]
28 Oct 2011, 4:08 am
“The justice secretary has confirmed that a rule banning the payment of referral fees in personal injury cases will be introduced into the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill and debated next week in parliament.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 26th October 2011 Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk [read post]
16 Dec 2010, 1:42 am
“Delays in processing legal aid applications are leaving some defendants in London’s Crown and magistrates’ courts unrepresented, criminal solicitors have warned. [read post]
10 Mar 2011, 2:04 am
“Cuts to civil legal aid will leave people unable to pursue their rights and increase the workload of the tribunal system, the senior president of tribunals has warned. [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 3:37 am
“The government has delayed its plans to respond to the legal aid and civil costs consultations until after Easter, and will ‘review’ the definition of domestic violence, the legal aid minister said last week. [read post]
12 Mar 2019, 5:36 am
Legal Aid Society doesn’t deserve Squawk, but the defendants do. [read post]
5 Jun 2009, 2:18 am
The court's decision, upheld in the Court of Appeal, will fuel an ongoing dispute over the levels of legal aid fees. [read post]
2 Jul 2017, 4:52 am
It’s time for a little introspection at the Legal Aid Society. [read post]
23 Mar 2009, 7:04 pm
Lakelaw has joined forces with Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee to help Wisconsin homeowners fight foreclosure. [read post]
8 Nov 2011, 2:27 am
“Proposed cuts to legal aid threaten to undermine a decade of pro bono work, the legal profession has warned at the start of the tenth national pro bono week.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 7th November 2011 Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk [read post]
8 Nov 2010, 5:08 am
“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. [read post]
