Posted on 26 May 2011. Tags: Baroness Helena Kennedy, Baroness Sherlock, civil legal aid, justice minister jonathan djangoly, Legal Aid Reform, Lord Beeching, Ministry of State Lord McNally
After the battering the Government’s legal aid proposals took in the Commons it was the turn of the Lords to sink their teeth in when the proposals were the subject of a debate last Thursday.
Opening the debate, Lord Beeching pointed out that the Government’s Green Paper on legal aid reform Read the full story
Posted in Civil Law, Law Updates, Legal Aid
Posted on 25 August 2009. Tags: debt, des hudson, housing, Law Society Chief Executive, Legal Aid, legal aid practitioners, Legal Aid Reform, Litigator Graduated Fee Scheme, Lord Bach, police station fees, welfare benefits
Introducing proposals for legal aid reform last week, Legal Aid Minister, Willy Bach, said that the UK has one of the best funded legal aid systems in the world. He went on to say that “legal aid practitioners provide a fantastic service and should be paid accordingly; Read the full story
Posted in Legal Aid