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“Defendants aren’t too thick to pick, contrary to the beliefs of the minister of injustice”

“Defendants aren’t too thick to pick, contrary to the beliefs of the minister of injustice”

The Friends Meeting House in London was a heartening place to be on Wednesday, in the midst of the war that has erupted around price competitive tendering and this comment on the ‘minister of injustice’ by Sir Anthony Hooper QC was one of many well-crafted, quotable reasons as to just how wrong Grayling is with [...]

“Defendants aren’t too thick to pick, contrary to the beliefs of the minister of injustice”
MoJ falls at Aintree racecourse

MoJ falls at Aintree racecourse

The MoJ roadshow rolled into Liverpool on Tuesday, when a packed audience filled the Corbiere Suite at Aintree racecourse. A splendid panoramic view of the whole course in bright evening sunshine only proved distracting until the business of the evening began. Tweet

MoJ falls at Aintree racecourse
The Queen’s speech reprised

The Queen’s speech reprised

This week’s Queen’s speech has been described as a “mouse of a programme” but last year’s speech contained a raft of new measures to transform the justice system and keep both the legal profession and civil libertarians very interested. Twelve months on this is what has happened to them. Tweet

The Queen’s speech reprised
Liverpool Roadshow

Liverpool Roadshow

50 lawyers in Liverpool last Friday evening left Law Society representatives in no doubt about their preferred approach to the MoJ’s ‘Transforming Legal Aid’ consultation exercise. The event was the latest in the Society’s roadshow programme, sponsored by iLaw, to meet with practitioners to discuss current issues and to canvass views. Tweet

Liverpool Roadshow
Client choice

Client choice

It seems that client choice is following the path of so much else in the criminal legal system as it is threatened with being killed off in the proposed shake up of criminal legal aid. Despite the fact we all believed this was protected in LASPO, it seems the minister allowed himself enough wriggle room [...]

Client choice
The future of criminal defence services

The future of criminal defence services

Consultations are like buses. There must be one well on its way because two have just arrived at the same time. On Monday, MoJ issued a consultation document which sets out the government’s proposals for further reform of the legal aid system in England and Wales. The expressed aim of the proposals is to deliver [...]

The future of criminal defence services
“Defendants aren’t too thick to pick, contrary to the beliefs of the minister of injustice”

“Defendants aren’t too thick to pick, contrary to the beliefs of the minister of injustice”

24 May 2013

The Friends Meeting House in London was a heartening place to be on Wednesday, in the midst of the war that has erupted around price competitive tendering and this comment on the ‘minister of injustice’ by Sir Anthony Hooper QC was one of many well-crafted, quotable reasons as to just how wrong Grayling is with [...]

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MoJ falls at Aintree racecourse

MoJ falls at Aintree racecourse

24 May 2013

The MoJ roadshow rolled into Liverpool on Tuesday, when a packed audience filled the Corbiere Suite at Aintree racecourse. A splendid panoramic view of the whole course in bright evening sunshine only proved distracting until the business of the evening began. Tweet

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Posted in Legal AidComments (0)

The Queen’s speech reprised

The Queen’s speech reprised

10 May 2013

This week’s Queen’s speech has been described as a “mouse of a programme” but last year’s speech contained a raft of new measures to transform the justice system and keep both the legal profession and civil libertarians very interested. Twelve months on this is what has happened to them. Tweet

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Liverpool Roadshow

Liverpool Roadshow

08 May 2013

50 lawyers in Liverpool last Friday evening left Law Society representatives in no doubt about their preferred approach to the MoJ’s ‘Transforming Legal Aid’ consultation exercise. The event was the latest in the Society’s roadshow programme, sponsored by iLaw, to meet with practitioners to discuss current issues and to canvass views. Tweet

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Client choice

Client choice

30 April 2013

It seems that client choice is following the path of so much else in the criminal legal system as it is threatened with being killed off in the proposed shake up of criminal legal aid. Despite the fact we all believed this was protected in LASPO, it seems the minister allowed himself enough wriggle room [...]

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The future of criminal defence services

The future of criminal defence services

12 April 2013

Consultations are like buses. There must be one well on its way because two have just arrived at the same time. On Monday, MoJ issued a consultation document which sets out the government’s proposals for further reform of the legal aid system in England and Wales. The expressed aim of the proposals is to deliver [...]

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An open letter to Chris Grayling

An open letter to Chris Grayling

10 April 2013

Dear Chris, Re: Transforming Legal Aid I read your opening ministerial statement in this lengthy document and had a moment of early confusion. You said: “Unfortunately, over the past decade, the system has lost much of its credibility with the public.” Tweet

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Solicitor Profile: Carl Woolf on Digital Working

Solicitor Profile: Carl Woolf on Digital Working

10 April 2013

As recently as February 2013, Justice Minister Damian Green empathised that there was a specific failure to exploit technology in the legal sector. Carl’s strong business orientation is at the forefront of his practice and he particularly relies on technology within the courtroom environment. The notion of Digital Working is something he embraces and he [...]

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Solicitor Profile: Carl Woolf

Solicitor Profile: Carl Woolf

10 April 2013

Carl Woolf, partner and solicitor advocate of Meldrum Solicitors in St Albans, discusses the implications of digital working and an intriguing perspective on legal aid criminal defence solicitors. He was also the lucky winner of an Apple iPad Mini via the Upper Case Legal Journal relaunch competition! Carl Woolf, partner and co-founder at one of [...]

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Advice deserts

Advice deserts

09 April 2013

Last Monday civil legal aid became no longer available for cases involving divorce, child custody, clinical negligence, welfare, employment, immigration, housing, debt, benefit and education. Someone with an odd sense of humour decided that April 1st was an appropriate date. Tweet

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