Sentences with phrase «introduced by the legal aid»

Following the legal aid cuts introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 («LASPO»), it is clear that access to justice has been severely limited — both in terms of the areas of law for which people can obtain publicly - funded legal advice and representation, and in relation to the proportion of people who are financially eligible for such legal help.

DBAs, recommended by Lord Justice Jackson in his review of civil litigation costs, were introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 in 2013.

Not exact matches

ROW is asking the appeal court to declare that regulations introduced by the former justice secretary, Chris Grayling, as part of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) in fact «frustrate the purpose» of the legislation.

That intervention will take the form of variations on the theme of governments» using an expansion of legal aid organizations as the basic infrastructure by which to introduce programs of socialized law.

In a case brought by the Public Law Project, the Court ruled unanimously that the test was outside the scope of powers granted by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 because it introduced a criterion which had «nothing to do with need».

That period covers the implementation of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) by which s 10 introduced the practice for applying for exceptional case funding.

Lord Justice Jackson, architect of the far - reaching costs and case management reforms introduced in April 2013 by LASPO (the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012), retired this month.

According to figures obtained by the Fabian Society, LASPO aimed to save # 450m per year when it was introduced but last year's legal aid spend was # 950m less than in 2010.

The report proposed that a set of minimum standards should be established to ensure that access to justice is a reality for all, but did not recommend that the legal aid cuts introduced by LASPO should be reversed in full.

The government has repeatedly said it will carry out a review to assess the full impact of the reforms and cuts to legal aid introduced by LASPO after three years.

Concerns about Lord Carter's proposals to reduce the # 2bn legal aid budget and introduce price - competitive tendering will also be discussed by society members at a special general neeting on legal aid on 17 January, after Southampton solicitor, Roger Peach, rallied support for direct action.

The Client and Cost Management System (CCMS) is the digital system which was introduced by the LAA to administer civil legal aid cases.

My point here is that rather than start ethics reform by randomly introducing less qualified, for - profit law practitioners into the market as specious proof that something is actually being done to improve access to justice, let's tackle the challenges that can and will move the needle; such as, modernization of the court system, increasing legal aid, and modernizing lawyer ethics rules that will enable lawyers and law firms to innovate and modernize the business and practice of law.

Jackson, who was instrumental in implementing the costs reformed that formed part two of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, called on ministers in a speech in Westminster to introduce further reforms to civil costs to set fixed recoverable costs by the end of 2016.

This system was introduced by LASPO as a safety net for civil cases which are not in scope, but would breach human rights law if legal aid for advice and / or representation were not available.