by familoo | 4 Feb 2012 | Uncategorized
In fact it’s been a while since I’ve done more than whine tangentially about the Government’s attempt to wreck the legal aid system. It’s time for an update. Media coverage of the Bill remains pretty thin on the ground, but it has picked up a...
by familoo | 22 Jun 2011 | courts, equality, legal news, public funding, representation
Nearly Legal has provided an excellent summary of the legal aid reforms in respect of housing and other areas of law: Ask not for whom the bill tolls. Due to other commitments I have not been able to put together a full analysis of the Bill insofar as is relates to...
by familoo | 21 Jun 2011 | equality, family-justice-review, legal news, public funding
The Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill (LASPOB for not-so-short?) was published earlier today. And then rapidly un-published. However, the ever excellent ilegal was quick off the mark and had saved it before it was magicked away again. You can...
by familoo | 30 Dec 2010 | equality, public funding, representation
I could spout on and on about all the things wrong with the Legal Aid reforms set out in the Green Paper published last month (and indeed I already have), but in fact Polly Curtis has already done it for me, in this recent article in The Guardian – she is of...
by familoo | 17 Nov 2010 | courts, public funding
I have been wondering about the assertion that we spend far more on legal aid than other countries, an assertion which underpins the Green Paper. I had toyed with the idea of making a stab at unpicking that assertion – but the UK Human Rights Blog has done it...
