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Birthday wishes Premium Content
Steve Hynes wants the 70th anniversary of legal aid to mark a sea-change in public funding
07 February 2019 / Steve Hynes
Book review: Legal Aid Handbook 2018/19 Premium Content
31 January 2019 / Patrick Allen
A false economy

The government’s claim that legal aid is a drain on the public purse is fiction, says Geoffrey Bindman

24 January 2019 / Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
Justice in a time of austerity (Pt 2) Premium Content

Food for thought: Jon Robins reports on the current state of foodbanks & the impact of universal credit

17 January 2019 / Dr Jon Robins
LASPO in real life

Online stories show cruel realities of life without legal aid

09 January 2019
Review of criminal legal aid announced
12 December 2018
Out of touch? Premium Content

Jon Robins questions Lord Sumption’s perceptions about the secondary importance of civil legal aid schemes

06 December 2018 / Dr Jon Robins
Celebrity legal aid countdown Premium Content

Steve Hynes charts the geography of political celebrity advice deserts

29 November 2018 / Steve Hynes
UN report slams UK legal aid deficiencies
21 November 2018
Justice in a time of austerity Premium Content

In the first part of an exclusive NLJ series, Jon Robins reports on the precarious reality of the poor (& not-so-poor) in our society & their quest for justice post LASPO

08 November 2018 / Dr Jon Robins
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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
NLJ this week: Mandelson, Epstein & the court of popular opinion
As the drip-feed of Epstein disclosures fuels ‘collateral damage’, the rush to cry misconduct in public office may be premature. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke of Hill Dickinson warns that the offence is no catch-all for political embarrassment. It demands a ‘grave departure’ from proper standards, an ‘abuse of the public’s trust’ and conduct ‘sufficiently serious to warrant criminal punishment’
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