The Law Society Future of Law lecture: the future of justice and the justice...
Carol Storer reports back on the inaugural lecture of The Law Society’s 2019 thought leadership seminars with Lucy Frazer QC MP, Parliamentary under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice...
View ArticleLASPO review – still much to do
The Ministry of Justice published its analysis of the impact of LASPO in February. Although it acknowledges that the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 damaged access to justice...
View ArticleNew guidance on domestic violence injunctions
On 3 April 2020, the government issued the guidance ‘Applying for a domestic violence (Family Law Act) injunction for unrepresented applicants’. These are the steps: Fill in an application form to...
View ArticleUpdated LAPG guidance on what the legal aid contract and LAA COVID-19...
On 27 March, LAPG, with thanks to consultant Matthew Howgate, published the following updated guidance on Legal Aid Agency (LAA) contract compliance in the wake of the measures introduced by the LAA...
View ArticleCOVID-19: fewer courts operating
From Legal Action: In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has been operating a reduced number of courts and tribunals from 30 March. According to the MoJ, a total of 157...
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HMCTS on responding to coronavirus in our courts and tribunals
On the morning of 8 April 2020, Susan Acland-Hood, CEO of HMCTS, posted the information below on the Inside HMCTS blog. Of particular note is the paragraph inviting the submission of questions...
View ArticleNew LAPG update on COVID-19
LAPG have kindly given us permission to post the update sent out to their members on 7 April 2020. If you are not currently a member of LAPG, but would like to be, you can download a form from their...
View ArticleLAPG COVID-19 update, 16 April 2020
LAPG have again kindly given us permission to post the update sent out to their members on 16 April 2020. If you are not currently a member of LAPG, but would like to be, you can download a form from...
View ArticleLaw Society responds to LAA domestic violence changes
Last week, The Law Society criticised the government’s new guidance on domestic violence injunctions during the COVID-19 crisis, echoing the complaints made on this website on 6 April (post reproduced...
View ArticleLegal aid scope changes from 15 May 2020
From 15 May 2020, the existing Civil Legal Aid Procedure Regulations 2012 will be amended to enable more people to receive advice, representation and mediation funded under legal aid. Domestic abuse...
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