Sentences with phrase «head of legal aid»

Richard Miller, Law Society head of legal aid, said solicitors now had an «opportunity to spell out to ministers the reality on the ground».

Richard Miller, head of legal aid at the Law Society, concluded, «LASPO is not working for the taxpayer, for the government, for people who need to protect and enforce their rights, or for those working within the system», while Bob Neill, chair of the Justice Select Committee took to Twitter to say that the coalition government had gone «too far» in cutting legal aid.

She praised the 90 - day review underway of the city's homeless services, being led by Human Resources Commissioner Steven Banks — the former head of Legal Aid Society who she said she's known even longer than the mayor — and said she'd offer her own input.

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The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill provides a much - needed opportunity to mend our broken compensation system to ensure a better deal for genuine claimants, taxpayers, local authorities, the NHS and businesses alike» Matthew Davis, Head of Group Insurance, Home Retail Group (whose brands include Argos), said: «Managing our business costs is crucial to ensuring that we remain the UK's leading home and general merchandise retailer.

Geraldine Morris, head of LexisPSL Family, said: «The new Resolution guide will be a useful new resource for separating and divorcing couples — the need for a greater awareness of options for resolving disputes is brought into sharp focus by the extensive cuts to legal aid and the overloaded court system.

Richard Elliott, executive director of the Canadian HIV / AIDS Legal Network, said: «It's unthinkable to me, as the head of an organization that works on human rights issues, that we might see in 2013 in Canada a law school that is permitted to train people for the practice of law, adopt a policy that overtly discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation.

At the end of last year, the Co-op hired two leading family lawyers from the legal aid firm TV Edwards to head up its family work.

Freddie Hurlston, who was previously head of criminal justice system initiatives at the Legal Services Commission (the predecessor to the LAA), said many of the staff assessing the bids were from a temporary staff agency on around # 9.30 an hour and had no knowledge of legal aid or previous experience of public sector procureLegal Services Commission (the predecessor to the LAA), said many of the staff assessing the bids were from a temporary staff agency on around # 9.30 an hour and had no knowledge of legal aid or previous experience of public sector procurelegal aid or previous experience of public sector procurement.

Fee remission is a promising new head of business in which an enterprising lawyer, trainee or paralegal could establish a niche market and maybe bring on the rain to mitigate the legal aid drought.

There could be no head - on challenge to restricting legal aid, had this been done in a non-discriminatory way, and so the common law right of access to a court provided no basis of challenge.

The Constitutional Affairs Committee Evidence 20th February on Legal Aid reforms — See what the Head of Legal Services Commission has to say on the implementation of the Carter Proposals.

Duncan Gardiner heads the practice from the Bradford office, which is the sole holder of the legal aid franchise for clinical negligence work in the Bradford area.

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As Principal Lawyer and Head of Personal Legal Services, Andrew Newbury, has told many media publications nationwide: «the cuts to legal aid in family work are having a huge impact on many separating couLegal Services, Andrew Newbury, has told many media publications nationwide: «the cuts to legal aid in family work are having a huge impact on many separating coulegal aid in family work are having a huge impact on many separating couples.