Sentences with phrase «aid clients rather»
One doesn't have to be overly cynical to take the view that the government's enthusiasm for a «gateway» is to deter prospective legal aid clients rather than to ensure that the poor and the vulnerable find expert legal help.
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She held that, rather than an assignment, there had been a novation — a new contract — under which the client agreed to transfer the rights and obligations of Baker Rees to Hudgell and that the correct interpretation of s 44 (6) of LASPO (Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012) meant the original success fee payable under the Baker Rees CFA was still enforceable.
Rather than simplifying lawyers» lives or aiding client representation, billing by the hour actually makes lawyers depressed and anxious, as explained by Vivia Chen at the Careerist blog:
I hope and believe that in most cases it is simply a matter of these mediators not being conversant with the legal aid assessment criteria, because it is a very complex calculation with many idiosyncrasies, rather than intentionally depriving their clients of the opportunity to benefit from free legal aid.