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Published in: openJusticeA missed opportunity to confront the access to justice crisisThis week, the UK's Ministry of Justice published its review into the legal aid cuts. For the many people now unable...
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Published in: openJusticeCuts to legal aid: a hidden factor in the UK homelessness crisisA lack of early legal advice is causing unnecessary homeslessness at huge government expense.
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Published in: openJusticeCuts are causing stress and heartache in the family courtsThe legal aid cuts mean that most people struggling with family breakdowns must represent themselves in court. The...
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Published in: openJusticeWill post-Brexit Britain see the breaking apart of even more families?As many families unite for the Christmas season, those torn apart by the UK government's 'mimumum income...
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Published in: openJusticeWhy grieving families need legal representation at an inquestContrary to what the UK government say, many bereaved families need legal representation at an inquest to ensure a...
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Published in: openJusticeLegal aid cuts, disability and the silent storm hitting our communityThis week the UN found the UK’s austerity measures to have been “punitive”. To understand their true impact on...
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Published in: openJusticeWindrush: the inevitable result of a hostile environment and no legal recourseAs the UK government designs the compensation scheme for victims of the Windrush scandal, we look at the toxic...
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Published in: openJusticeWhy legal aid matters and what you can do about itCuts to legal aid are causing widespread injustice and likely costing the taxpayer more. The government are...
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Published in: HomeThe 'Big Four' and the UK government: too close for comfortIn the 'Big Four' accountancy investigations, can independent regulators bite the hand on which central government feeds?
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Published in: HomeWhat can Better Call Saul tell us about the state of the UK criminal records system?An exploration of the harsh reality of UK criminal records disclosure.
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Published in: HomeThe UK just sent three men to prison for peaceful civil oppositionA closer look at the case that gave fracking protesters an excessive jail sentence.
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Published in: HomeFairness, respect and community should be the driving forces behind immigration policyLeading immigration campaigners call on UK government to take values-based approach to immigration post-Brexit
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Published in: ourBeebThe BBC and Cliff Richard: in terms of press freedom, this is a sideshowThe BBC has dropped the idea of appealing against the award of damages to Cliff Richard for invasion of privacy, but...
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Published in: HomeWe should bridge the earnings gulf between legal aid and commercial lawyersMuch of the income of City law firms comes directly from the public purse at many times legal aid rates. How can...
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Published in: ourBeebThe BBC and Cliff Richard: what threat to press liberty?Asking the Court of Appeal directly for leave to appeal could result in another opportunity to expose the dubious...
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Published in: HomeFat cats or poor hacks? Why criminal barristers are refusing to work – and why you should careBusting the myths about the criminal bar.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWindrush and Legal Aid: how free legal representation could have avoided a national scandalMany migration decisions are wrong - but since legal aid for such cases was scrapped by the LASPO Act 2012, few...
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Published in: openJusticeConsumer is King? Of class actions and who matters in EU lawThe European Commission proposes that consumers should be able to take class actions in future, in the wake of the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy you've never heard of a Charter that's as important as the Magna CartaThe Charter of the Forest was sealed 800 years ago today. Its defence of the property-less and of ‘the commons’,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Upholding the Rule of Law in the European UnionAn open letter concerning the upholding of the Rule of Law in the European Union, co-signed by 188 scholars,...