A report by the Bar Council and Access to Justice Foundation into the value of free specialist legal advice has identified huge potential savings for the government
Legal aid is hard to get, but the numbers applying for exceptional funding are still low. In this week’s ‘Civil way’, NLJ columnist and former district judge Stephen Gold urges lawyers to apply
Solicitor Toufique Hossain, who brought a string of successful legal challenges to the Rwanda scheme, has won the prestigious Lalys outstanding achievement award
More than a quarter of parties in some areas of England and Wales are unrepresented in public family law cases, which determine whether a child should be removed into local authority care
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has lamented the lack of data-gathering and ‘curiosity’ on the part of ministry officials
Civil legal aid work is loss-making for the majority of providers, according to a devastating research paper published this week
Withers drives further growth in its UK immigration team with new partner Sophie Barrett-Brown
Venus Legal invests in next generation of legal talent as specialist litigation practice grows
Fisher Phillips continues momentum in London with arrival of Catrina Smith