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IPP & joint enterprise: left to languish? Premium Content

Jon Robins on why we need more politicians willing to support unfashionable causes

08 March 2024 / Dr Jon Robins
NLJ this week: Is the Law Society’s win on legal aid an ‘unfortunate precedent’?

The Law Society’s judicial review win against the Lord Chancellor on criminal legal aid has left Professor Graham Zellick CBE KC ‘uncomfortable’, he writes in this week’s NLJ

08 March 2024
Judicial review re legal aid rates underway
The High Court was due to hear a judicial review this week brought by the Law Society against the Lord Chancellor’s decision not to increase criminal defence solicitors’ legal aid rates by 15%
13 December 2023
Legal aid on the Day of the Dead Premium Content
Roger Smith casts his eye over the options to meet unmet legal need & finds some chinks of light
17 November 2023 / Roger Smith
NLJ this week: Legal regulators & the evergreen issue of unmet legal need
Roger Smith reports back from a Legal Services Consumer Panel conference on unmet legal need, in this week’s NLJ
17 November 2023
Restoring early advice funding for family cases: the key to boosting mediation & tackling delays
Solicitors have urged ministers to restore legal aid funding for early advice in family cases in order to boost mediation take-up and reduce backlogs and delays in the family courts
25 October 2023
Voice your thoughts through the civil legal aid review survey
Legal aid practitioners have been asked to share their views on the Review of Civil Legal Aid, via an independent online survey commissioned by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
27 September 2023
Perilous state of civil legal aid
An investment of £11.3m in early legal advice providers is needed urgently, the Law Society has warned.
29 August 2023
Housing law scheme to prevent eviction
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has set up a scheme to provide free legal advice to families facing eviction or repossession
09 August 2023
LALY awards celebrate legal aid stars
Deighton Pierce Glynn has won Legal Aid Firm of the Year at this year’s Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards (LALYs) for its work supporting former Ministry of Defence interpreters in Afghanistan at risk from Taliban reprisals.
19 July 2023
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National Pro Bono Centre—Esther McConnell & Sarah Oliver Scemla

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Charity strengthens leadership as national Pro Bono Week takes place

Michelman Robinson—Akshay Sewlikar

Michelman Robinson—Akshay Sewlikar

Dual-qualified partner joins London disputes practice

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Transactions practice welcomes partner in London office

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Getty v Stability AI: Potential landmark case fizzles out
Intellectual property lawyers have expressed disappointment a ground-breaking claim on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) ended with no precedent being set
Double review on whiplash and fixed costs
Two separate post-implementation reviews are being held into the extension of fixed recoverable costs for personal injury claims and the whiplash regime
CILEx Regulation prepares for post-Mazur rush
Legal executives can apply for standalone litigation practice rights, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has confirmed, in a move likely to offset some of the confusion caused by Mazur
Sir Andrew McFarlane reports on judge shortages
Delays in the family court in London and the south east are partly due to a 20% shortage of judges, Sir Andrew McFarlane, president of the Family Division, has told MPs
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