Nicola Laver

EditorSolicitors Journal

LEGAL AID REVIEW

Wed Jan 02 2019News

A review by the Ministry of Justice of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 has acknowledged the savings achieved by reducing the legal aid budget may have just shifted the costs elsewhere in the system. In response, the government has promised a number of new measures such as £5m for 'innovative technologies' to assist with early dispute resolution and £3m to support litigants in person. The MoJ has also pledged to review the means-test threshold and the exceptional case funding process.

UN and coalition of NGOs write to Unilever to voice deep concern regarding victims of violence at Unilever tea plantation

Tue Sep 26 2023

Live Facial Recognition: How to Stay Within the Law

Tue Sep 26 2023

Ethics Institute launches taskforce to examine legal services to oligarchs and kleptocrats

Mon Sep 25 2023

Legal Departments See Higher Matter Volumes but Flat or Declining Budgets: Thomson Reuters 2023 Legal Department Operations Index

Mon Sep 25 2023

More Than 200 Employers Named And Shamed For Failing To Pay National Minimum Wage

Mon Sep 25 2023

Browne Jacobson collaborates with LGiU on report highlighting “critical” role of local government to hit net zero

Fri Sep 22 2023

BSB publishes new guidance on barristers’ conduct in non-professional life and on social media

Fri Sep 22 2023

The Chancery Lane Project expands to the USA

Thu Sep 21 2023

Delay in Final Report of the Infected Blood Inquiry

Thu Sep 21 2023

FeaturedThe Pre-Action Protocol review final report – full steam ahead?

OpinionThu Sep 28 2023

The Pre-Action Protocol review final report – full steam ahead?

Tony Guise examines part one of the Civil Justice Council's report on how to improve the pre-action civil justice system.

New report highlights the transformative effects of domestic abuse training on family lawyers

NewsWed Sep 27 2023

New report highlights the transformative effects of domestic abuse training on family lawyers

Following Ministry of Justice Family Harm Panel recommendations, SafeLives calls for specialist training to be embedded across the family court system

Asylum seekers stranded on Diego Garcia win challenge against return to Sri Lanka

NewsWed Sep 27 2023

Asylum seekers stranded on Diego Garcia win challenge against return to Sri Lanka

The group say they face a real risk of persecution, torture or ill-treatment if they are made to return to Sri Lanka but the Commissioner of BIOT had issued a decision that each of the claimants could be lawfully returned.

A solicitor’s stance on EDI in the workplace

OpinionWed Sep 27 2023

A solicitor’s stance on EDI in the workplace

Chris Bishop discusses how he and his firm, Slater Heelis, have embraced EDI for the 250-strong team and the benefits this has had on the business.

SJ Interview: Hannah Ambrose

SJ InterviewMon Sep 25 2023

SJ Interview: Hannah Ambrose

Hannah Ambrose is an international arbitration partner at Herbert Smith Freehills. She talks to Solicitors Journal about her practice and the Law Commission's recent proposals to update the Arbitration Act 1996.

Whose human rights are more important, yours or mine?

ForewordFri Sep 08 2023

Whose human rights are more important, yours or mine?

Under the law, should your right to express your opinion – be it on politics, the environment, abortion, or anything else – trump my right to go about my business unhindered, whether or not I happen to agree with your opinion?