Sentences with phrase «initial legal aid cuts»

The very fact that the initial legal aid cuts refused to recognise the complex needs of domestic abuse survivors — and that it took a women's rights organisation to challenge it — demonstrates how vital this specialist knowledge is.

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In the event that the Lord Chancellor's proposals proceed, the Law Society will press the MoJ to work with the Society to develop a support package, and commission and publish, before any further cuts in legal aid rates, an impact assessment of the initial cuts and other changes on the working of the criminal justice system and defence solicitor practitioners.»

, NLJ, 6 January 2017, p 8) and the recent Amnesty International report which made the case for reinstating public funding for cases involving young people, welfare benefits, immigration cases involving human rights and initial advice for private family cases («Cuts that Hurt: The impact of legal aid cuts on access to justice», Amnesty International, 20Cuts that Hurt: The impact of legal aid cuts on access to justice», Amnesty International, 20cuts on access to justice», Amnesty International, 2016).