Sentences with phrase «against legal aid cuts»

He has spoken out against legal aid cuts and «disproportionate» court fees in recent months, and warned that the rise in litigants in person may have led to injustices.

Finally, Laurie Penny wrote a brilliant article in the New Statesman calling for everyone who cares about justice to start fighting back against legal aid cuts.

Matt Foot, solicitor at Birnberg Peirce, won Legal Champion for his campaign against legal aid cuts through the Justice Alliance.

Campaigners against legal aid cuts won a major victory today, after the court of appeal allowed a case to go ahead on the impact of the reform on prisoners.

Not exact matches

Chana's story is one of the unspoken impacts of the legal aid cuts: the draining of specialist talent from the legal sector as experts on male violence against women and girls can no longer sustain careers as solicitors.

He has a proper understanding of the appropriate tension between the executive and the judiciary and he's got a good record fighting against cuts to citizen's legal powers, such as on judicial review and legal aid.

I spoke out against UK Government cuts to legal aid during a Westminster Hall debate on public legal education this week.

Law Society President Joe Egan said: «After decades of legal aid cuts by successive governments we have no choice but to act against an arbitrary cut that will do little if anything to drive down the legal aid bill — but could have a very detrimental impact on justice.»

«The need for this vigil is, in itself, a troubling reflection of the current state of affairs, in that those protesting against the cuts to legal aid and the wider justice system feel driven to take direct action to make their concerns heard.

Against the back drop of a threat of a further cut of # 220 million from the criminal legal aid budget, this... Read more»

Duty counsel in British Columbia will take collective job action against the B.C. government starting in January and completely withdraw services after April from a system described by B.C. Trial Lawyers Association's legal aid committee co-chairman Phil Rankin as suffering from «atrophication that has been happening slowly like dementia» from continuous funding cuts.

If legal aid lawyers want to demonstrate against the cuts, rallies have been set up from 4 pm onwards in central london http://www.coalitionofresistance.org.uk/?p=756

Young legal aid lawyers joined hundreds of thousands of protesters against public service cuts today.

The meeting took place against the backdrop of the uproar concerning further cuts to the legal aid fees paid to practitioners following the recent additions to the Advocates» Graduated Fee Scheme («AGFS»), a matter which naturally made its way into the conversation through constructive questions and statements.

A judicial review has been launched against Ministry of Justice (MoJ) cuts to legal aid fees for Crown Court cases with heavy workloads, such as terror, fraud and serious historic sex cases.

Against the backdrop of cuts in legal aid and local authority spending on legal advice, the profession attempts to facilitate access to justice; most notably through pro bono work which assists many individuals who would, without it, ultimately, be deprived of access to justice.

Due to the cuts to funding for legal aid representation, a recent case involving allegations of physical assault (amongst others) against children and a mother by the father, appeared in court with the victim having no legal representation.

Against this background the Government has announced the long promised review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), which cut back to the barest bones the provision of legal aid in civil jusLegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), which cut back to the barest bones the provision of legal aid in civil justiAid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), which cut back to the barest bones the provision of legal aid in civil juslegal aid in civil justiaid in civil justice.

Secondly, the Law Society in running a single campaign against both the Legal Aid cuts and the Jackson proposals has created certain difficulties.

Notable practitioners are Swindon partner Paul Rumley is praised for his campaign against cuts to clinical negligence legal aid funding, and is recognised as «one of the big hitters» on the market.