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In the final article in his four-part series on access to justice and the use of technology, solicitor and author Roger Smith looks at the state of not-for-profit legal tech at home and abroad. For example, not-for-profits play a major role in US civil and criminal services, while Canada and Australia have a mix of private and not-for-profit

Legal aid deserts have sprung up around the country as practitioners move to more economically viable fields, retire or leave the profession

City firms would have to meet a national pro bono target to be eligible for government contracts, under proposals announced by Shadow Justice Secretary David Lammy MP

Geoffrey Bindman reflects on the stark imbalance between commercial prosperity & frontline poverty

In the third instalment of this series, Roger Smith tackles access to justice, the courts & the slow march of digitalisation

In the third instalment of his series on access to justice and digital technologies, Roger Smith asks whether the Lord Chancellor is tilting his hat at high-fee international commercial work at the expense of smaller domestic claims

While newly qualified salaries of £100,000 are now being paid by some of the global, commercial law firms, their legal aid or mixed practice counterpart can expect something more akin to £23,000

The majority of the public do not understand legal aid or how to find legal support, research by law firm Bolt Burdon Kemp has found

Jon Robins on unfairness at the Legal Aid Agency & the shocking impact on clients

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NLJ this week: When saying no to mediation pays

Refusing ADR is risky—but not always fatal. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed and Sanjay Dave Singh of the University of Leicester analyse Assensus Ltd v Wirsol Energy Ltd: despite repeated invitations to mediate, the defendant stood firm, made a £100,000 Part 36 offer and was ultimately ‘wholly vindicated’ at trial

NLJ this week: 40 years on, has PACE lost its edge?

The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 transformed criminal justice. Writing in NLJ this week, Ed Cape of UWE and Matthew Hardcastle and Sandra Paul of Kingsley Napley trace its ‘seismic impact’

NLJ this week: Stress-testing the City

Operational resilience is no longer optional. Writing in NLJ this week, Emma Radmore and Michael Lewis of Womble Bond Dickinson explain how UK regulators expect firms to identify ‘important business services’ that could cause ‘intolerable levels of harm’ if disrupted

NLJ this week: How sure is ‘sure’ enough?

Criminal juries may be convicting—or acquitting—on a misunderstanding. Writing in NLJ this week Paul McKeown, Adrian Keane and Sally Stares of The City Law School and LSE report troubling survey findings on the meaning of ‘sure’

NLJ this week: A deferred prosecution reprieve

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has narrowly preserved a key weapon in its anti-corruption arsenal. In this week's NLJ, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers examines Guralp Systems Ltd v SFO, in which the High Court ruled that a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) remained in force despite the company’s failure to disgorge £2m by the stated deadline

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Legal aid focus

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Rachel Crosier

DWF—Stephen Hickling

Ward Hadaway—44 appointments