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Steve Hynes is a freelance consultant and writer. He was previously director of LAG. He is a well-known commentator in the written and broadcast media on legal aid and access to justice issues.
Statistics released by the Ministry of Justice at the end of September show dramatic falls in the number of legal aid cases.
The Justice Committee has called on HMCTS to confirm that access to justice trumps savings in the reform programme.
A major report on access to justice and the digitisation of the courts and tribunals service was published earlier this month.
At the party conferences, the main political parties set out very different priorities for justice policy with an eye on the coming battle for votes.
The government’s consultation on a single enforcement body for employment rights got me thinking about some cases employment law cases I’d...
A report published today by the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee, is highly critical of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Public awareness of legal aid was the theme of a joint meeting on 10 June 2019 of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Legal Aid and Public Legal...
The LGA estimates that there will be a shortfall of at least £2.6bn in the current financial year in cash for services for vulnerable adults and...
Steve Hynes reports from the LAG Legal Aid at 70 conference on the battle to pick the greatest publicly funded case since legal aid began.
In this speech, I’ll try and focus on the positives around the LASPO review, but that’s a very much shorter section than I’d like it...