The true impact of the legal aid cuts

The Graun has a good article on what it considers to be the Minstry of Justice’s misleading statistics on legal aid here. They think 650,000 people will be affected. A really relevant story that has links to topics including legal funding, civil and criminal courts, and access to justice. The Legal Action Group, upon whose report the article is based, can be read here

Not good days for everyone being equal before the law if they are correct!

Sam Hallam is freed [17 May 2012]
New MoJ Site [24 Jan 2012]
Jury trial under threat…again! [17 Jan 2012]
R v Dobson & Norris [4 Jan 2012]
The Solar System of the Courts [29 Nov 2011]
Lay or DJ? [18 Nov 2011]
Sentencing Stats [28 Oct 2011]
The ECJ… [5 Oct 2011]
No more referral fees [9 Sep 2011]
Sentencing - LIVE! [5 Sep 2011]
A landmark case for the jury [20 Jul 2011]
Poor set to suffer most from legal aid cuts [28 Jun 2011]
Jury trial and the internet [16 Jun 2011]
Supreme Court to rule on meaning of miscarriage of justice [9 May 2011]
The end of immunity for expert witnesses [4 Apr 2011]
Sound Off for Justice - video and audio resource [3 Apr 2011]
The end for success fees? [30 Mar 2011]
Criminal Courts - Free interactive resource [4 Feb 2011]
The Straw That Broke The Camel’s Back [3 Feb 2011]
Deterrence [26 Jan 2011]
A career in legal advice work? [24 Jan 2011]
Judge for Yourself [23 Jan 2011]
Tweet Justice [21 Dec 2010]
Julian Assange granted bail [14 Dec 2010]
Legal Aid - cuts coming… [18 Oct 2010]
Liverpool 1 Owners 0 (Half-time?) [13 Oct 2010]
Above the law? [10 Oct 2010]
middle class, middle aged…. and sleepy? [3 Oct 2010]
Will the Supreme Court survive the cuts? [24 Sep 2010]
Government policy on deportation “unlawful” [27 Jul 2010]
The parole board [20 Jul 2010]
“Intimidating, difficult, and expensive” [4 Jul 2010]
Contract Law and Part 36 [4 Jul 2010]
Civil Courts - cuts coming! [25 Jun 2010]
Al Rawi and Others v Security Service and Others [7 May 2010]
BCA v Singh [15 Apr 2010]
“I feel as if they have ripped out my heart” - victim’s justice? [17 Mar 2010]
You Be The Judge [10 Mar 2010]
Are juries fair? [21 Feb 2010]
Criminal Appeals: Attorney General’s References [26 Jan 2010]
Coroner’s Courts [24 Jan 2010]
Jackson report into Civil Costs [14 Jan 2010]
Mode of Trial proceedings [24 Dec 2009]
Great story for English Legal System revision generally… [7 Dec 2009]
Reform of libel law [22 Nov 2009]
Tesco Law here we come? [19 Nov 2009]