Legal aid focus

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

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