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Steve Hynes

Consultant

Steve Hynes is a freelance consultant and writer. He was previously director of LAG (Legal Action Group).

Consultant

Steve Hynes is a freelance consultant and writer. He was previously director of LAG (Legal Action Group).

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

The MoJ is travelling in the right direction but is it too little too late, asks Steve Hynes

Steve Hynes wants the 70th anniversary of legal aid to mark a sea-change in public funding

Steve Hynes charts the geography of political celebrity advice deserts

Steve Hynes welcomes the Labour party’s commitment to widening access to justice & hopes the government will track back from LASPO

What can legal aid practitioners & users learn from the World Cup? Steve Hynes plays a blinder

Steve Hynes takes time out to explain the complexities of the tendering process for legal advice telephone services

Steve Hynes discusses the root causes of a big rise in employment tribunal cases

The review of LASPO should be used as an opportunity to develop a vision for early advice services, says Steve Hynes

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

NEWS
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome
After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously
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