Tag: Legal aid

Legal aid lawyers are running rings around plodding civil servants in latest cuts battle

By hiring people with no legal expertise to put its new post-cuts framework in place, the Ministry of Justice has left itself exposed

Nov 16 2015 1:45pm

Mysterious barrister lifts lid on cocaine-fuelled life at the bar

Courts are apparently full of coke-head lawyers ogling jury members

Oct 28 2015 11:47am

Michael Gove wants to tax City lawyers and use money for legal aid

Speculation that 1% levy on turnover of top 100 firms could be introduced

Oct 22 2015 11:43am

Temps on £9.30 an hour decide which legal aid firms survive, claims whistleblower

Full statement of ex-bid assessor emerges online

Oct 21 2015 10:46am

Bar chief says young barristers ‘unable to fulfil potential’ as law reporters launch scholarship for skint pupils

Law reporting charity chips in with some cash for legal aid rookies

Oct 6 2015 11:24am

Legal aid lawyer’s Facebook status about feeding client’s cat goes viral

Crumbling justice system sees solicitor forced to take on pet-sitting duties

Sep 25 2015 9:55am

Working class hero leads strike against government legal aid cuts from the tee

Picket line or round of golf? Picket line or round of golf? That’ll be a round of golf, then …

Aug 19 2015 3:32pm

Crime legal aid firms are forced to offer cheap ‘McJustice’ to clients, says strike leader

Head of London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association also has a pop at legal education establishment

Aug 5 2015 9:27am

Crime legal aid lawyers paying the price for years of fat cat fees, says top silk

Incendiary remarks could divide profession as barristers head to picket lines today in support of solicitors' battle against MoJ rate cuts

Jul 27 2015 1:02pm

The Judge Reviews: legal aid propaganda play is worthy but dull

“The Invisible” won’t sway Michael Gove, but it will bore audiences

Jul 24 2015 10:49am

Legal aid strike falling apart as big firms head back to work

Exclusive: Rumours suggest that core group has struck a deal on verge of Ministry of Justice meeting

Jul 23 2015 1:26pm

From wasps to car-hire — junior lawyers need to diversify

There are many ways to exhibit commercial awareness...

Jul 22 2015 4:17pm

Gove calls make-or-break meeting in bid to resolve crime legal aid dispute

Four lawyer lobbying groups will meet Justice Secretary -- but Law Society and Bar Council are in the cold

Jul 22 2015 12:27pm

Award-winning junior barrister Connor Johnston says lawyers can still make a go of legal aid

Housing law specialist and winner of Legal Aid Practitioners Group gong remains positive in face of cuts

Jul 21 2015 9:40am

Solicitors are rubbish at the ‘art’ of Crown Court advocacy, says top Tory QC

Silk who defended the Krays also aggrieved by modern law firm tendency to "tie papers with rubber bands instead of tape"

Jul 20 2015 3:43pm

The Judge Rules: criminal barristers are playing into the government’s hands

The current strike is likely to be short lived and ultimately lead to what the Ministry of Justice wants

Jul 17 2015 9:26am

Courts set to grind to a juddering halt as criminal bar votes to stop taking new work

Breaking: Rank and file barristers rebel against QCs' wishes

Jul 15 2015 9:54am

Signs of despair as criminal bar strike ballot moves to climax

Will lawyers take a leaf from book of French revolutionaries on Bastille Day?

Jul 14 2015 3:31pm