Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:37:14 +0000
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 The supporting documents acceptable as evidence of domestic abuse … Continue reading →
Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:20:46 +0000
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 below). A day later, on 9 April, the government updated … Continue reading →
Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:58:20 +0000
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 … Continue reading →
Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:39:33 +0000
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 … Continue reading →
Wed, 08 Apr 2020 09:58:31 +0000
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 (relating to the operational running of HMCTS during the coronavirus … Continue reading →
Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:30 +0000
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 court and tribunal buildings remain … Continue reading →
Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:32:47 +0000
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 and the steps that providers are needing to … Continue reading →
Mon, 06 Apr 2020 12:10:10 +0000
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 apply for a Family Law Act injunction. You will also … Continue reading →
Sun, 03 Mar 2019 20:25:34 +0000
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 in England and Wales, the scale of any … Continue reading →
Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:44:00 +0000
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 Christina Blacklaws, President of The Law Society, introduced the … Continue reading →