Sentences with phrase «legal aid cuts made»

Law Society LASPO Report: the Law Society published its report on the consequences of legal aid cuts made by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO).

Legal aid cuts makes this a much harder job than it would otherwise have been — though it brings England and Wales into a similar position to countries overseas.

Not exact matches

And — together with legal aid cuts and over 45,000 new immigration rules since 2010 — it has helped make it impossible for people to sort out their legal situation.

Let's remember the roll call of shame - cuts to legal aid, curtailing judicial review, attacks on human rights legislation, making freedom of information request more difficult and legislating for the loathed gagging bill amount to a substantial onslaught on free speech, campaigning and democracy.

Over the past few years, cuts to legal aid and changes to lawyers» fees have made it harder for alleged victims of human rights abuses by UK - linked companies to have their cases heard in UK courts.

They simply don't have the LEGAL authority to cut the overwhelming majority of their expenses and with the double digit cut in state aid most local school districts will receive, they will have to make up for that money by significantly jacking up property taxes... which are far more regressive and oppressive than income taxes.

«The need for this vigil is, in itself, a troubling reflection of the current state of affairs, in that those protesting against the cuts to legal aid and the wider justice system feel driven to take direct action to make their concerns heard.

In October of 2017 the Ministry of Justice stated that it would make cuts to the number of legal aid cases brought forward - although it is... Read More...

YLAL has responded to this consultation voicing our deeply held concern that further cuts to remuneration for legal aid work will undermine the quality of legal help which our clients receive, cause more good legal aid firms to go under and make life more difficult for junior lawyers, particularly those from poorer backgrounds, who are struggling to enter the profession.

has responded to this consultation voicing our deeply held concern that further cuts to remuneration for legal aid work will undermine the quality of legal help which our clients receive, cause more good legal aid firms to go under and make life more difficult for junior lawyers, particularly those from poorer backgrounds, who are struggling to enter the profession.

Phil pointed out that we need concrete things to ask for, because during the last Parliament Labour were critical of the transformation of legal aid, but when it came down to making promises to overturn specific cuts, more often than not they did not deliver.

Cuts to legal aid have been made since 2012 and have had a particular impact on civil cases.

Lord Bach makes the important point that the rule of law and legal rights do not mean much unless citizens are able, through the legal system, to have them upheld, and that cuts to legal aid have made that impossible for many, especially the most vulnerable in society.

The changes — which were originally proposed in the November 2013 consultation Judicial review: proposals for further reform — include further cuts to legal aid and amendments to the rules on costs which will make it more difficult for charities and NGOs to intervene in judicial review proceedings.

Economics: with margins on conveyancing cut to the bone and with the rise of title insurance, the demise of personal injury litigation, and legal aid being tightly controlled by its government funders, its tough to make a living, even given lower costs of living and business overhead.

Both Wilson and Jay make the point that the employment tribunal reforms should be seen alongside the green paper on legal aid which proposes scrapping public funding from employment cases under the «legal help» scheme as part of the # 350m cuts (legal aid is not available for representation).

The recent and drastic cuts in legal aid make this area very ripe for a service like RTR.

The meeting took place against the backdrop of the uproar concerning further cuts to the legal aid fees paid to practitioners following the recent additions to the Advocates» Graduated Fee Scheme («AGFS»), a matter which naturally made its way into the conversation through constructive questions and statements.

«The «clinic resource office» is on the hit list as Legal Aid Ontario makes major service cuts, which community legal clinics fear will curb their ability to serve the nLegal Aid Ontario makes major service cuts, which community legal clinics fear will curb their ability to serve the nlegal clinics fear will curb their ability to serve the needy.

Family legal aid cuts are having a major impact while falling crime has made further budget cuts unnecessary, according to the Bar Council

«Despite the likely impact from wide - sweeping cuts to the civil legal aid system the government in essence made its decisions in extreme haste, without detailed analysis of the potential human rights impact,» the report said.

However, cuts have been made since its creation as the government believed the scope of legal aid was too wide.

«What they've done to legal aid for solicitors is far worse than what they've done to the Bar,» he adds, pointing to the recent cuts to the litigators» graduated fee scheme, which cut the fees for the bigger cases on which firms had relied to make their money by 40 per cent.

The event, The Citizen and the State: Poor decision - making and the role of the pro bono Bar, considered the extent of poor decision - making by state bodies which forced members of the public to appeal decisions about their entitlement to benefits and other rights, to the courts, often without legal representation due to legal aid cuts.

Labour was no friend of legal aid — on the Today programme during the election campaign the only cut in public spending Ed Miliband could identify as one which Labour would make and the public would notice was legal aid.

She pointed out that the cuts to legal aid were supposed to preserve access for the most vulnerable in society; however this has not been the case and the cuts that have been made were short sighted and didn't take into account the longer term impact on society and family relationships.

The Minsistry of Justice has today announced its response to the criminal legal aid consultation and its plans to make cuts to police station and Magistrates» Court fees.

«There is a huge group of «sandwich» accused people who make more money than the legal aid cut - off, yet not enough to pay two, three or four thousand dollars or more for lawyer fees.»

, 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).

«A subsequent bid round may be in a more hostile environment where there is less legal aid work available, and the fact firms aren't in a contract may make it easier for [the LSC] to make cuts.

Giving the lead judgment, Lord Sumption acknowledged that although litigants in person are often representing themselves through no choice of their own due to the well - publicised stringent cuts in legal aid over the last eight years, whilst the Court may be able to make allowances in respect of case management decisions, a lower standard of compliance with Civil Procedure Rules or Orders of the Court could not be justified.

June 12, 2014 — «The state Senate budget proposes to cut more than $ 2 million in legal aid funding, which could make it more difficult for North Carolina's poorest residents to defend their rights.

Cuts in civil legal aid and council grants have made access to free legal advice in the capital scarce.