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
‘If you can, stick at it’: Jeremy Corbyn tells students to reject commercial law and pursue legal aid dreams
Labour leader pledges to restore justice funding if elected
Mysterious barrister lifts lid on cocaine-fuelled life at the bar
Courts are apparently full of coke-head lawyers ogling jury members
Bristol corporate law firms club together to pay for a legal aid trainee
Michael Gove is going to love this
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
Temps on £9.30 an hour decide which legal aid firms survive, claims whistleblower
Full statement of ex-bid assessor emerges online
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
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
Meek surrender or clever tactic? No one quite knows as lawyers suspend 52 day legal aid strike
Court boycott called off as "gesture of goodwill"
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 …
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
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
The Judge Reviews: legal aid propaganda play is worthy but dull
“The Invisible” won’t sway Michael Gove, but it will bore audiences
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
From wasps to car-hire — junior lawyers need to diversify
There are many ways to exhibit commercial awareness...
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
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
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"
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
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
Signs of despair as criminal bar strike ballot moves to climax
Will lawyers take a leaf from book of French revolutionaries on Bastille Day?