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Write to Buckland

14 August 2019
Issue: 7853 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Legal aid focus
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The Law Society is urging solicitors to write to the new Lord Chancellor about access to justice. 
It has compiled a pre-written letter, available on its website, asking the government to tackle legal aid deserts, prioritise access to justice and resolve outstanding issues in the criminal justice system. The letter takes just minutes to fill in, according to the Law Society. The Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC MP, was appointed on 24 July, taking over from David Gauke MP. Mr Buckland practised as a barrister in Cardiff from 1992 to 2010, and was appointed as a Recorder in 2009, sitting as a part-time Judge in the Crown Court.
Issue: 7853 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Legal aid focus
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Ministers have rejected the Justice Committee review’s key recommendation for the ailing county court system—an ‘urgent and comprehensive’ review by spring at the latest
Firms preparing to mount Mazur applications alleging the other side has acted in breach of the Legal Services Act 2007 may be left disappointed, the Law Society has said
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