Overseas legal assistance is to receive a major boost with the advent of a new initiative, the Justice Assistance Network.
David Burrows reports from the legal aid family law barricades
Protests against the government’s civil legal aid changes are being planned by the Access to Justice Alliance. Members from various advice organisations will meet in Parliament on Monday 14 May to discuss their strategy.
The government’s plans for legal aid were dealt a serious blow this week after they were savaged by an influential parliamentary committee.
A Law Society plan to obtain a last-minute injunction to stay introduction of the unified legal aid contract has been dropped after counsel advised there were no grounds for such an application.
More than 1,000 legal aid solicitors took to the streets this week to protest against proposed changes to the legal aid system that they say will hit the poorest members of society.
The government has been attacked by lawyers across the board for trying to suppress a report that criticises the swingeing reforms planned for legal aid.
Unrealistic deadlines threaten to undermine government plans for restructuring family legal aid, warns Karen Mackay
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