The Ministry of Justice has abandoned the implementation of the two tier contracting system for providers of legally aided criminal defence services. Alongside the suspension … Read more
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A Sad Day for Criminal Justice: Legal Aid Agency Awards New Criminal Contracts
By Lucy Welsh You may or may not be aware that 15th October 2015 marked another step towards the end of an approximate two year … Read more
Criminal Justice Project begins offering prison law advice
As anyone interested in access to justice knows, recent changes to legal aid have made the provision of numerous areas of law outside the scope … Read more
THIS IS SHOCKING
The scenes of hundreds if not thousands of migrants desperately trying to cross borders into Europe and secure access to the Eurotunnel premises at Calais … Read more
Lawyers Take Action Against Legal Aid Cuts
By Lucy Welsh In 2013, the government announced radical proposals to alter the provision of publicly funded criminal defence services. The most fundamental proposal at … Read more