Sentences with phrase «recent legal aid cuts»

Either way the extra revenue will be a welcome relief for family lawyers with the recent legal aid cuts.

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While we acknowledge the government's recent announcement to review the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, the significant cuts to the justice budget are still preventing effective justice for all.»

These changes take place in the wider context of a series of recent changes to legal aid for judicial review, as well as numerous other changes to legal aid including cuts to criminal legal aid, the removal of most legal aid for prisoners and the forthcoming introduction of a «residence test» for civil legal aid.

The recent outbursts should be understood in the context of justice policies such as the legal aid cuts, curtailment of judicial review and plans to repeal the Human Rights Act.

In our latest regular column for Legal Action magazine, YLAL co-chairs Ollie and Rachel wrote about the common ground between legal aid lawyers, teachers and doctors, all professions providing a public service which have opposed damaging cuts and reforms imposed by the government in recent yLegal Action magazine, YLAL co-chairs Ollie and Rachel wrote about the common ground between legal aid lawyers, teachers and doctors, all professions providing a public service which have opposed damaging cuts and reforms imposed by the government in recent ylegal aid lawyers, teachers and doctors, all professions providing a public service which have opposed damaging cuts and reforms imposed by the government in recent years.

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

As lawyers, in recent years we have seen first hand the devastating impact of legal aid cuts and vastly increased court fees on the ability of ordinary people, including our often vulnerable clients, to obtain justice.

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.

«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.

Due to the cuts to funding for legal aid representation, a recent case involving allegations of physical assault (amongst others) against children and a mother by the father, appeared in court with the victim having no legal representation.

To cite but two: in recent weeks Steve Hynes shared the damning results of the latest report on the impact of legal aid cuts in this journal (see «Justice denied?»

, 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).

He has spoken out against legal aid cuts and «disproportionate» court fees in recent months, and warned that the rise in litigants in person may have led to injustices.

The recent bidding round cut the number of firms contracted to provide family legal aid work from 2,400 to 1,300.

After the recent cuts to legal aid the government has taken steps to redress the balance in favour of separated parents by announcing # 6.5 million of support.