Tag: Legal aid
‘Ambulance chasing’ lawyer Phil Shiner declared bankrupt, weeks after he sold house to Middlesex University law lecturer daughter
Bethany Shiner and sister Leisha both used to work for their dad’s now defunct law firm
The life of a serious crime QC
From representing footballer John Terry to acting in the Hillsborough Inquests and the Child Sex Abuse Inquiry, there are few dull moments for Serjeants’ Inn’s Chris Daw QC
First batch of ‘incredibly lucky’ sponsored legal aid trainees become solicitors
Three-quarters stay on
Solicitor of the Year turned ‘army ambulance chaser’ is struck off
The ultimate fall from grace
Legal aid pay row: Doughty Street QC rounds on claims lawyers’ earnings have ‘rocketed’
Publicly funded barristers still broke, says publicly funded barrister
Legal profession’s defence of Phil Shiner dries up as ‘ambulance chasing’ lawyer admits misconduct
Human rights solicitor accepts tribunal “must strike him off”
Lawyers disappointed with Liz Truss’ radical ‘Transforming Our Justice System’ paper, which doesn’t mention legal aid once
£1 billion cash injection for modernisation of courts, zilch for legal aid
Lawyers urge new PM and Justice Secretary to review legal aid ‘at the earliest opportunity’
Sincere plea from some of the country’s leading legal aid lawyers
Lawyers champion ‘recyclable’ fund to finance civil cases where legal aid can’t
If you win your case, some of your damages go back into the fund
Lawyers vs Grayling: Supreme Court case concluded halfway through hearing in shocking legal first
Was the government’s policy so bad the court didn’t even wait until the end of the hearing to strike it down?
Gove ditches plan to have City lawyers subsidise courts
City tax was floated to replace cash generated from the controversial court charge ditched last year
Tax City lawyers to help the legal aid crisis, says founder of top legal aid firm
Human rights solicitor defends Michael Gove's legal levy idea
Number of criminal solicitors set to rise as Michael Gove has a major change of heart
Weren't the government meant to be cutting the number of criminal law firms a few weeks ago?
Stop chasing the pot of gold: there’s no future for wannabe criminal lawyers
You’ll earn more money working down the pub
Legal aid is a ‘basic human right’ not an ‘economic benefit’, says Jeremy Corbyn
Lawyers lap up Jezza
Crime doesn’t pay: Students who opt for bar glamour careers will always earn way less than kids who choose safe corporate route
Thinking of a career at the criminal bar? You could be over £40,000 better off working in Aldi
Law students giving legal advice is becoming ever more a thing as BPP clinic gets official quality mark
Are law students the new legal aid lawyers?
Ministry of Justice has a fight on its hands as judicial review challenge by legal aid firms gets green light
Lawyers triumph in preliminary hearing