Tag: Legal aid

Low pay 👎 long hours 👎 poor work-life balance 👎

Move comes in response to 'unacceptably low' legal aid fees

Lord Chancellor accepts recommendation of independent review -- but bar chief warns move won't stop colleagues quitting

No returns from 11 April ❌

'Justice system on its knees', say bar leaders

Cross-party group call on SRA to include social welfare modules in new SQE

40% of students would not consider publicly funded work, new poll shows, as legal aid group launches new survey to find out why

Oxford University law graduate Jordan Briggs considers how we got to a point where the civil legal aid system is ‘running on an empty tank’

Most popular areas include employment, family and housing

Legal aid firm Duncan Lewis says it's getting 'threatening messages' after hostile coverage

Forced to take second and even third jobs to 'make ends meet'

Young Legal Aid Lawyers urge Legal Cheek readers to back motion to block regulations

Advice on issues including housing, employment and social welfare

Increasing access to justice can be a ‘win-win’ for businesses, IBA-World Bank report claims

Lambeth not-for-profit goes to the wall with immediate effect

#TakeYourMPToWork campaign aims to highlight pressing need for properly funded justice system

Package includes court naming rights and judges’ robe sponsorship

Sir James Munby pulls no punches

Falconer ‘fesses up to 'opening the door' to Tory cuts while in government

While Lord Neuberger warns UK legal system 'is in danger of falling over'

Human rights lawyers say there should be public funding to challenge rough sleeping crackdowns