Legal Aid

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Government is failing its responsibility to ensure access to justice

Early expert advice can forestall escalating legal problems and save money for the tax payer, the Law Society tells Bach commission

Cost budgeting reforms: 'The good and the bad

While the proposal for an agreed budget discussion form is a positive step, Francis Kendall is wary about the 21-day period for budgets to be filed and exchanged

Supreme Court to consider tribunal fees and legal aid residence test

Unison and the Public Law Project get another chance to argue against controversial reforms

Bar shadow programme extended as barristers warn of regression to a 'privileged elite'

'The Bar is in grave danger of once again becoming a rich person's game, like it was in the 50s and 60s,' says silk

John Cooper QC: I hate bullies, and that comes from being subjected to them

The 25 Bedford Row silk talks to John van der Luit-Drummond about elitism at the Bar, public clashes with the CBA, and the seduction of Gove

Calculating damages in claims for asbestos-related conditions

Vijay Ganapathy considers the positive developments for claimants following Carder and whether the Supreme Court will overturn the much-criticised Cookson principle

The Solicitors' Journal – February 26, 1949

When the Legal Aid and Advice Bill enters upon the Committee Stage, the members of the committee will have the benefit of a great deal of informed comment which has appeared in the columns of the professional and lay Press during the last two months.

There are solutions to the legal aid crisis

To celebrate SJ's 160th year of publication, authors will be taking a contemporary look at historic events reported in Solicitors Journal's rich history. See the original story here.