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NLJ this week: Practical ways to rescue legal aid
Could Starmer, Davey or Sunak (or whoever becomes the next prime minister) rescue the legal aid system? In this week’s NLJ, columnist Roger Smith looks back to the Cameron-Osborne years of austerity, before examining potential routes back to functionality.
02 June 2023
Civil legal aid: follow the money Premium Content
Roger Smith sets out a vision for a national legal aid service—& how we might go about funding it
02 June 2023 / Roger Smith
More people eligible for legal aid
Lawyers have welcomed changes to the means test for legal aid, but expressed concern at the ‘slow’ rate of progress.
31 May 2023
Justice APPG to be launched in June
An all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on access to justice will be launched in Parliament by the Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk on 20 June. 
31 May 2023
NLJ this week: A decade of LASPO devastation
Ten years after LASPO—what’s the damage? In his column in this week’s NLJ, Jon Robins, vice chair of the Legal Action Group, assesses the state of access to justice in England and Wales, and finds it wanting. 
26 May 2023
The LASPO wrecking ball: ten years on Premium Content
A decade after the ruinous cuts brought about by LASPO 2012, what is the extent of the impact on the legal aid sector? Jon Robins surveys the wreckage
26 May 2023 / Dr Jon Robins
Means-testing bars grandparents
Grandparents taking on the care of vulnerable children as special guardians could miss out on an extension to legal aid, the Law Society has warned.
03 May 2023
Look to the future in justice
The Law Society has launched a ‘21st Century Justice project’, with a remit for working groups to prepare for the future in five key areas.
16 March 2023
The law is (still) not a level playing field Premium Content
The proper funding of our justice system, so neglected by recent governments, is a vital issue for our society and it demands urgent action, says Geoffrey Bindman KC
10 March 2023 / Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
Legal aid changes for family cases
The government has extended legal aid in private and public family law cases, and changed the evidential requirements for domestic abuse.
08 March 2023
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NLJ this week: Silence comes dear
Restrictions on workplace non-disclosure agreements could make settlements slower, more complex and more expensive when reforms expected in 2027 take effect
NLJ this week: Prosecutions under watch
Private prosecutors face closer scrutiny under Crown Prosecution Service guidance designed to strengthen accountability and consistency when intervention is requested
NLJ this week: Immunity breached
Foreign states cannot necessarily claim immunity for cyber operations launched abroad against computers in Britain, following a divided Supreme Court ruling
NLJ this week: Blame game backfires
Defendants who make unsupported complaints about their lawyers risk losing legal aid while confiscation proceedings continue without representation
NLJ this week: Sanctions divide
Lawyers advising Russian clients face different sanctions restrictions across the UK, EU and US, despite their shared objective of increasing pressure on Russia
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