The “rot” set in for legal aid a few years before LASPO, writes Jon Robins in this week’s NLJ. Civil and family legal aid firms have nearly halved in number since 2007/08, for example, although they shrunk by almost a further quarter in the last year, and the number of acts of assistance under the civil legal aid scheme reduced by almost two-thirds in the last four years. Recent research has also borne out predictions that the cuts to the legal infrastructure have adversely affected those parts of the system that survived the cull.
25 July 2014
Not just LASPO
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Katten Muchin Rosenman—Charlotte Hill
Katten strengthens financial markets and funds group in London
Hugh James—Keith Cundall & Lee Hart
Hugh James expands national Serious Injury team with two new Partners
HFW—Rémi Ducloyer
HFW continues Paris office growth with public law Partner hire
NEWS
The Court of Appeal's decision in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has lifted months of uncertainty for Chartered Legal Executives while prompting a rethink of regulation and supervision
The assisted dying debate returns to Westminster as Lauren Edwards MP reintroduces legislation that stalled in the House of Lords last session despite clearing the Commons
A little-noticed provision of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 has fundamentally expanded corporate criminal liability
Artificial intelligence is transforming legal practice, but careless reliance on it is creating growing professional risks
The law offers cohabiting couples surprisingly greater protection after one partner dies than when they separate during life
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