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Jon Robins laments the foreseeable consequences of the MoJ’s legal aid vanishing act

26 March 2015 / Dr Jon Robins
A manifesto for legal aid
19 March 2015
LALY nominations call
19 March 2015
Bubbling over Premium Content

The government’s Magna Carta celebrations leave a bad taste in the mouths of legal aid campaigners, says Jon Robins

12 February 2015 / Dr Jon Robins
800 years young Premium Content

The great UK tradition of the Magna Carta remains vital, say Martha de la Roche & Ruth Daniel

30 January 2015 / Martha de la Roche
Going solo Premium Content

A recent report illustrates the pressures facing the growing number of litigants in person, says Jon Robins

16 January 2015 / Dr Jon Robins
Family law in crisis: Pt II Premium Content

Kim Beatson, Caroline Bowden & Ellen Lucas chart the ongoing chaos in family law proceedings

23 October 2014 / Ellen Lucas / Caroline Bowden / Kim Beatson
Family woes

Family legal aid cuts are having a major impact while falling crime has made further budget cuts unnecessary, according to the Bar Council

09 October 2014
Grayling issues "replacement" consultation

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has fired out a replacement consultation on criminal legal aid – a week after the High Court found he acted unlawfully by suppressing the findings of two key reports in the earlier consultation.

02 October 2014
Access to justice worse than 1949

Bar Council report confirms “devastating” impact of LASPO on legal aid

26 September 2014
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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?
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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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