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Katherine Barnes
Katherine Barnes is a barrister at 39 Essex Chambers and co-chair and treasurer of Young Legal Aid Lawyers.

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“If the MoJ has accepted that LASPO has damaged access to justice, we must continue to make the case for change.”
Katherine Barnes
Oliver Carter
Siobhan Taylor-Ward
on Mar 2019
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“As a result of cuts to legal aid, junior lawyers are not being trained in discrimination law.”
Katherine Barnes
Oliver Carter
Siobhan Taylor-Ward
on Feb 2019
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“LASPO has been hugely detrimental: we urge the government to take urgent steps to repair the justice system.”
Katherine Barnes
Oliver Carter
on Oct 2018
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“Now that the devastating effects of LASPO are clearly apparent, there is a growing consensus that enough is enough.”
Katherine Barnes
Oliver Carter
on Aug 2018
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“We are the petrol that keeps the engine running. Rights cannot be properly upheld without this fuel.”
Katherine Barnes
Oliver Carter
Siobhan Taylor-Ward
on May 2018
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“In a time of austerity, the obstacles facing future generations of legal aid lawyers have increased.”
Katherine Barnes
Oliver Carter
Siobhan Taylor-Ward
on Mar 2018
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'The right to justice could serve as a blueprint for legal aid policy for decades to come.'
Katherine Barnes
Oliver Carter
Siobhan Taylor-Ward
on Nov 2017
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“Judicial review cannot perform its vital function of protecting the individual from abuses of power by the executive if the system is prohibitively expensive for those individuals.”
Katherine Barnes
Oliver Carter
Siobhan Taylor-Ward
on Sep 2017