Sentences with phrase «legal aid budget»

The article was also amended to clarify the timing of legal aid budget cuts.

Although changes to the criminal legal aid budget have been widely documented in the media, the same can not be said for public funding for family issues.

For these reasons, advice for employment issues should be protected in the civil legal aid budget.

As legal aid budgets are squeezed, more members of the public are looking for pro bono services to help with their legal needs.

Around $ 15 million in cuts have been made to the nationwide Legal Aid budget, with a further $ 6 million to be cut from community legal centre funding in 2017 - 2018.

As cutbacks in legal aid budgets continue to reduce services, it's refreshing to see today's news release from Wellington:

Allowing defendants to use funds restrained under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to fund their private defence in our view would also limit the strain on legal aid budgets.

Government plans set for April will cut # 220 million from the # 2 billion annual legal aid budget, predominantly through a 30 % reduction in fees for complex, high - cost cases and an 18 % cut in fees for other crown court work.

It is essential that the standard of advice and representation given to those accused of committing crimes is not eroded in the quest for a reduced legal aid budget.

Dramatically rising fees at Canadian law schools with equally dramatic reductions in provincial legal aid budgets have created the perfect storm for young talent in the criminal defence bar.

@MarieMachete is a third - year law student in the U.K. where cuts of # 350 million from a # 2 - billion legal aid budget mean aid centres are closing and things like getting an amicable divorce will be much harder in the future.

He's seen first - hand the challenges that arise in our courts as Legal Aid budgets don't keep pace with need, as increasing numbers of self - represented litigants plead their own cases, and as those without means to hire lawyers are left to the mercy of those with funds to retain counsel.

Legal Action Group released a new report, Justice in freefall, analysing the latest legal aid statistics from the Ministry of Justice and recommending immediate commencement of the LASPO review, reinvestment of the civil legal aid budget underspend in an innovation fund and a public information campaign about what problems legal aid is available for.

It shared the view of the CJC that the proposals, if implemented, «carry greater risks in terms of damage to legal aid provision, and access to justice, than the minimal financial improvements to the overall legal aid budgets».

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

The overwhelming majority of partners at commercial law firms believe Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to cut # 350m from its annual legal aid budget will lead to a «brain drain» of talented lawyers from publicly - funded work.

It is difficult to single out one area of law, but I think I would protect employment advice in the civil legal aid budget for three reasons:

He has cut a quarter of the legal aid budget, set court and tribunal fees at unaffordable levels, and exposed claimants to eye - watering costs bills that wealthy defendants often run up.

Two weeks ago, the legal aid budget was cut, denying poor people equal access to justice.

Jencks explains why: «I think it's revolting that legal aid budget has been slashed and so I'm doing my best to plug the gaps.

The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) removed around # 600m from the legal aid budget by cutting entire areas of law from its scope.

Mediative, co-operative justice would benefit all parties and protect the legal aid budget, says David Burrows

- All budgets in relation to family matters including the legal aid budget to be controlled by the Family Justice Service

Predictably the Board remarked on the apparent reduction in the legal aid budget being wiped out by inefficiency in all other sections of the court system which had become overburdened and unworkable.

Legal aid budgets and services continue to shrink; if this trend continues, the only people likely to have legal counsel in family court are those who earn substantially over $ 50,000 annually, and can afford to privately retain a lawyer

Partners predict an exodus from publicly - funded work as the MoJ plans to cut # 350m from the legal aid budget but are split over whether cuts are justified.

He was able to do this because spending on the legal aid budget was under control.

He observed in his announcement that the legal aid budget had reduced from # 2.4 bn in the last Parliament to # 1.6 bn.

The impact of the reforms on the legal aid budget is staggering and estimated in the regulatory impact assessment as being in the order of # 2m per annum.

The party's manifesto includes pledges to scrap all higher education fees, including for the GDL, LPC and BPTC, and bring in an «unlimited» legal aid budget.

The net result of government plans to wipe # 350m off the legal aid budget is an attack on the welfare of some of the most vulnerable members of our society and it will be up to those of us working in the sector to rise to the challenge if we want to preserve our clients» access to justice.

Two pilots in best value tendering and the introduction of Crown Court Means Testing early next year will be vital in our efforts to keep on top of the criminal legal aid budget.

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.

Both governments aimed to cut the legal aid budget by reducing the scope of civil work for which legal aid was / is available.

The legal aid budget is to be reduced by # 350m and state assistance has effectively disappeared in non-criminal cases.

However, with free legal advice centres having to fight harder to secure funding while legal aid budgets are coming under continued pressure, there are concerns that many people who have been disadvantaged by cuts will be unable to assert their rights through legal action.

Legal aid budgets have been slashed in recent years.

Legal aid cuts: surprise exceptions take out the sting, Alan Travis, Guardian.co.uk: «The surprises rather lay in the parts of the legal aid budget that he had decided to protect.

On March 6, The Boston Business Journal published a letter by Davis Malm shareholder Samuel B. Moskowitz in response to the article, «Advocates call for a $ 10M increase next year in Mass civil legal aid budget.»

«BVT would set sustainable prices and achieve the best possible value for the legal aid budget while ensuring quality advice for legal aid clients.

The LASPO cuts were originally planned to reduce the legal aid budget by # 350m, but the spending has reduced from around # 2.2 bn to # 1.6 bn.

By contrast, the legal aid budget has fallen by 36 % from # 2.5 bn to # 1.6 bn over the same period.

The schemes may save a small proportion of the legal aid budget, but at what cost to access to justice?»

Within the report, the Committee acknowledged that the Ministry of Justice had achieved its primary objective of making savings to the legal aid budget, but expressed concern that:

While the government claims the reforms are an essential response to rising costs, the Highways Agency proposes to spend # 2.5 bn on a controversial scheme to widen 50 miles of the M1 - about as much as the annual legal aid budget.

The reason the Legal Aid budget in the UK is so high is because the legal sector in the UK is so successful, much more so than any other comparable economy and second only to the US in the global economy.