Louise Christian

“The last 40 years have seen access to justice expanding and then sadly contracting again.”

Published2017-10-31

Legal aid

“There is no doubt that too many people are finding it impossible to enforce basic rights.”

Published2017-06-01

In April 2013, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 made the most sweeping cuts to legal aid since it was established in...

Legal aid

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“Even in this country, lawyers can become the focus of political attack.”

Published2017-03-01

The problem for those of us who believe it is essential that British troops be subject to the Human Rights Act is that the downfall of Shiner has not...

Legal aid

“The leave campaign said Brexit was all about establishing our country’s democratic sovereignty, surely a matter for parliament and not for archaic royal command.”

Published2016-11-01

In praise of: New North London Synagogue Asylum Seeker Drop In

Published2016-10-01

Immigration and asylum

“The exceptional public funding scheme perpetuates a myth: that people can represent themselves.”

Published2016-07-01

Legal aid

“I used to have nightmares about my forays into conveyancing, but I do wonder if young solicitors now have to specialise too early.”

Published2015-12-01

Universal human rights: too important to lose

Published2015-11-01

Replacing the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights would be an injustice and a tragedy, says Louise Christian.

Civil justice

Louise Christian

Published2015-09-01

My 30 years in practice have taught me that people affected by tragedy don’t want sympathy from their lawyers, they want us to fight for them.

Legal aid

Dear Sadiq Khan. When you left Christian Khan to become an MP, you said you could bring about more change as a politician than a lawyer. What happened?

Published2015-05-01

Civil justice

Louise Christian

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