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

Mar 17 2017 11:29am

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

Feb 21 2017 1:02pm

Legal aid pay row: Doughty Street QC rounds on claims lawyers’ earnings have ‘rocketed’

Publicly funded barristers still broke, says publicly funded barrister

Dec 19 2016 10:25am

Legal profession’s defence of Phil Shiner dries up as ‘ambulance chasing’ lawyer admits misconduct

Human rights solicitor accepts tribunal “must strike him off”

Dec 9 2016 10:51am

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

Sep 15 2016 12:44pm

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

Jul 25 2016 1:38pm

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

Jul 18 2016 8:23am

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?

Apr 19 2016 11:35am

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

Mar 9 2016 11:10am

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

Feb 16 2016 11:53am

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?

Feb 11 2016 12:22pm

Stop chasing the pot of gold: there’s no future for wannabe criminal lawyers

You’ll earn more money working down the pub

Jan 25 2016 11:24am

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

Dec 18 2015 11:57am