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Carol Storer was interim director of LAG from March 2019 to March 2021. She was director of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group for 10 years until November 2018.
There is serious concern about the physical and mental health of people operating in the underfunded justice system.
I worked with Steve over the years on many campaigns and was always impressed at how he spoke out, without fear or favour, advancing the cause of...
What I cannot face is the work generated by legal aid contracts and their interpretation.
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 has meant that people who get help from legal aid lawyers are generally at absolute...
Carol Storer answers some FAQs about the LASPO review.
Surely it would help all parties if the contract and related documentation was simplified and worked on by those seeking to comply with it?
There was a very lively plenary session where four practitioners spoke about how their organisations’ survival plans.
In the July/August 2017 issue of Legal Action I looked at the pressures that have led to private practice and not-for-profit organisations (NfPs)...
What happens when people have to deliver less for less (which may well conflict with lawyers’ professional responsibilities) or simply give up?
The government keeps on making changes – some Treasury-led and some ideology-led. The Legal Aid Agency constantly refines its contracting...