Dermot Mckibbin reviews the government’s proposed expansion of shared ownership.

Today (17 August 2020) sees the opening of applications for The Legal Education Foundation’s Justice First Fellowship programme. Trainee...

John Walsh considers some of the risks for access to justice of the rise in remote hearings during the pandemic and the use of algorithms in judicial...

Recent research highlights the benefits of local knowledge and relationships in housing and homelessness casework. Its findings will also apply to...

The exceptionally low legal aid fee for an online procedure for appeals in the FtT (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) has now been dropped.

Two recently published reports by the Justice Committee have highlighted the crisis that the legal profession is facing due to the measures to control...

Lord Faulks QC, who served as a justice minister from 2013 to 2016, will chair a panel to examine ‘the need for potential reforms of judicial...

In a recent case in the County Court at York, the judge declared a ‘no housing benefit’ policy to be unlawful. Does this spell the end for...

On 7 July, hundreds of supporters watched the first ever virtual Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards to celebrate the life-changing work of legal aid...

Anna Barlow argues that the UK’s means-tested criminal legal aid scheme should be replaced.

Bill Waddington argues that replacing criminal legal aid with a larger public defender scheme would not solve the problems that plague the system in...

A review of FPNs is the only means to secure justice for those who have been issued them unlawfully.