Legal aid focus

The government’s placatory offer of an extra 15% funding―meeting the minimum recommendation of the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid, led by Sir Christopher Bellamy―appears to have fallen apart under examination

Ministers have offered a rise of 15% (an extra £135m) in legal aid fees for criminal defence―the minimum recommended by Sir Christopher Bellamy’s Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid―but it may not be enough to avert strike action by barristers

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has launched a consultation in the context of the review of the means test for civil and criminal legal aid

Lawyers have called for ‘urgent’ funding for the criminal justice system, in the wake of the publication of the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid

Post-2010 & the damage done to our criminal justice system: Jon Robins reviews calls for the reinstatement of areas of social welfare law

Could the government have used the pandemic as cover for attacks on trial by jury or even the criminal justice system as a whole?

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) blocked three people who were sleeping rough from challenging deportation orders, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has found

The government should link legal aid fees for defence lawyers to the rates of pay of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), according to a major report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Legal Aid

Sue Bent & Keith Wilding on how law centres can influence change in policy and law & tackle the causes of recurring problems

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